Tāriq
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Tāriq is the transliteration of an Arabic given name (or Berber), written in script as طارق.
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[edit] Versions
- Tarek
- Tareq
- Tariq
- Tarik
- Taric
[edit] Meaning
The name Tariq has three meanings:
First there is the meaning in the arabic language. As Tariq is the noun to the arabic verb taraka (Arabic: طرق meaning "knocking") and for this means the knocking one.
The second meaning is the meaning from the holy Qur'an, where Tariq is the name of the morning star, which is described as the shining star. More recent discoveries about pulsar stars have prompted some scholars to associate those Neutronic stars with Tariq, where knocking equates pulsing.
And the third meaning is traveler of night (Raat ka Musafir).
[edit] Famous People
- Tariq Ali
- Tariq Anwar
- Tariq Aziz
- Tarik Ergin, actor who has played the part of Lieutenant Ayala in Star Trek: Voyager
- Tarik Filipović, actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina who works in Croatia
- Tarik Glenn, American football offensive tackle playing for the Indianapolis Colts
- Tariq ibn-Ziyad
- Salman Tarik Kureshi, English language Pakistani poet who has also edited many anthologies of poetry
- Tarik O'Regan, British composer living in New York City, USA
- Tariq Ramadan, Swiss academic and Islamic theologian
- Tariq Hussain, an Omani cricketer
- Tariq Hussain, a Canadian musician and radio personality
- Tarik Samarah, Bosnian photographer who works in artistic and documentary photography
- Tarik Sektioui, Moroccan football (soccer) player
- Lord Tariq, a well known rap artist that had colloborations with Peter Guns
- Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought lead artist from the famous rap group The Roots
[edit] Others
- Jabal al-Tariq or Rock of Gibraltar
- Pepsi Tarik, soft drink that combines the taste of coffee and Pepsi cola
- Teh tarik, type of tea which can be bought in restaurants and outdoor stalls in Malaysia
- Tarik, Sidoarjo, a subdistrict of Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia
