Nur al-Din
Nuruddin (Arabic: nūr ad-dīn نور الدين) is a male Muslim given name, translating to "light of religion", nūr meaning "light" and dīn meaning "faith, religion".[1][2] More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.
There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name. The element نور can be spelled Nur, Noor, Nor or Nour. The element دين can be spelled either Din, Deen or Dine. The definite article in front of the "sun letter" d is realized only as a gemination /dː/, the Arabic pronunciation being /nuːrudːiːn/. Syntactically, the name is an iḍāfah (genitive construction), in full vocalization nūru d-dīni. Consequently, depending on the system of Romanization, the definite article can be rendered as al, ad, ud, ed or d.
Among the variant romanized spellings in common use are Nuraddin, Nureddin, Noureddin, Noureddine, Nooradeen, Noordeen, Nourdin, Noordine, Nordine, Nuradin, Nurdin; historically also Nur ad-Din, Nur-ud-Din, Nur al-Din, etc.
Given name
- Nur ad-Din Zangi (1118–1174), member of the Zengid dynasty, ruler of the Syrian province of the Seljuk Empire
- Nur al-Din Muhammad (died 1185), member of the Artuqid dynasty
- Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (also known as Alpetragius) (died ca. 1204), Arab astronomer and philosopher
- Nur ad-Din Arslan Shah I (reigned 1193–1211), Zengid emir of Mosul
- Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd al-'Azīz Ibn al-Qamar (1326–1398), Tunisian Berber prince
- Nur al-Din Ni’mat Allah, known as Shah Ni'matullah Wali (1330–1431), Syrian Islamic scholar and Sufi poet
- Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali (1377–1440), Kashmiri saint of the rishi order
- Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414–1492), Persian poet
- Nuruddin ar-Raniri (died 1658), Indian islamic scholar
- Hassan Nooraddeen I (died 1799), sultan of the Maldives
- Ibrahim Nooraddeen (died 1892), sultan of the Maldives
- Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (1841–1914), Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Nureddin Pasha (1873–1932), Turkish military officer
- Hassan Nooraddeen II, (1887–1967), sultan of the Maldives
- Noor-ud-din Qureshi (died 1943), leader within the Muslim community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900–1981), Turkish musician
- Noureddin Kianouri (1915–1999), Iranian communist leader of the Tudeh Party
- Nordine Ben Ali (born 1919), Algerian-French footballer
- Nureddin al-Atassi (1930–1992), President of Syria
- Nuredin Loxha (1935–1992), Kosovar Albanian theatre director
- Noureddin Zarrinkelk (born 1937), Iranian film animator
- Nurettin Sözen (born 1937), Turkish politician
- Nooruddeen Durkee (born 1938), American sufi
- Nurettin Yardımcı (born 1944), Turkish archaeologist
- Mohammad Noordin Sopiee (1944–2005), Malaysian academician
- Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali novelist
- Nourredine Kourichi (born 1954), Algerian-French footballer
- Nur-eldeen Masalha (born 1957), Palestinian writer
- Noureddine Daifallah (born 1960), Moroccan calligrapher
- Noordeen Mashoor (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician
- Zulkifli Nordin (born 1962), Malaysian politician
- Nordin Mohamed Jadi (born 1962), Malaysian athlete
- Nordine Zouareg (born 1962), Algerian fitness coach
- Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang (born 1963), Chinese Muslim calligrapher
- Noordin Mohammad Top (1968–2009), Malaysian-Indonesian Islamist militant
- Noureddine Morceli (born 1970), Algerian athlete
- Noureddine Naybet (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
- Nurettin Demirtaş (born 1972), Turkish politician
- Noureddine Drioueche (born 1973), Algerian footballer
- Nourredine Yagoubi (born 1974), Algerian judoka
- Noureddine Ziyati (born 1974), Moroccan footballer
- Nordin Jbari (born 1975), Moroccan-Belgian footballer
- Nordin Abdullah formerly Matthew Gordon Williams (born 1976), Australian-Malaysian businessman
- Noureddine Daham (born 1977), Algerian footballer
- Noureddine Kacemi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer
- Nordine Amrani (1978-2011), Belgian criminal and spree killer in the 2011 Liège attack.
- Nordine Ben Allal (born 1978/89), Moroccan-Belgian criminal
- Nourdin Boukhari (born 1980), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
- Nordine Sam (born 1982), Algerian-French footballer
- Nordin Gerzić (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
- Nordine Oubaali (born 1986), Moroccan-French boxer
- Nordin Amrabat (born 1987), Moroccan-Dutch footballer
- Nordine Assami (born 1987), Algerian-French footballer
- Noureddine Smaïl (born 1987), Algerian-French athlete
- Nurudeen Orelesi (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
Surname
Fictional
See also
References
- ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.