Arabic origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Arabic مُرَاد (murād), from أَرَادَ (ʔarāda).
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- Wiktionary: مرادCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Arabic roots
Language contexts for this entry: Arabic, Avaric, Azerbaijani and 3 more
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[mo.ɹɒ́ːd̪̥] · Persian (Iran, formal)
01 / Meaning & origin
مراد is a masculine given name documented in Arabic, Avaric, Azerbaijani and 3 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic مُرَاد.
Borrowed from Arabic مُرَاد (murād), from أَرَادَ (ʔarāda).
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04 / Through time
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sixth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1421–1444, 1446–1451)
12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)
third Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)
the 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)
33th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876)
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