Sinan

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Sinan, (Arabic: سنان ‎), is a word found in Aramaic and Early Arabic, meaning spearhead [1][2][3] or perhaps spear.[4][5][6] It is also possible that the name is derived from the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was subsequently used as a male given name.

It may refer to:

People, pre-twentieth century

  • Sinon, warrior in Greek mythology who was involved in the Trojan Wars
  • Mimar Sinan (c. 1490–1588), chief architect and civil engineer for three Ottoman sultans
  • Khaled bin Sinan, pre-Islamic prophet
  • Sinan ibn Thabit, Mandean physician, father of Ibrahim ibn Sinan
  • Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908–946), mathematician and astronomer in Baghdad
  • Rashid ad-Din Sinan (died ca. 1193), known as "Old Man of the Mountain", one of the leaders of the Hashshashin
  • Atik Sinan (fl. 1471), "old Sinan", Ottoman architect

Ottoman officers

There were several prominent military and government officers referred to as Sinan Pasha in Ottoman history:

People, twentieth century and later

Buildings, institutions and places

Chinese and Korean uses

The transliteration Sinan (unrelated to the Arabic above) may also refer to:

See also

References

  1. ↑ P. Marcel Kurpershoek (1995). The story of a desert knight: the legend of Šlēwīḥ al-ʻAṭāwī and other ʻUtaybah Heroes. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 382. 
  2. ↑ J.M. Rogers (2006). Sinan. London: I.B. Taurus. p. 9. 
  3. ↑ J. Milton Cowan (editor) (1994). Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Arabic (fourth ed.). Ithaca, N. Y: Spoken Language Services Inc. p. 505. 
  4. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
  5. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 
  6. ↑ However, in a footnote Ahmed (1999) explains that سنان means: "'Spear's point, a name of high antiquity'. See Colebrook T. E. 'On the Proper Names of the Mohammadans', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, XXI, p. 246 (1881)." The connotation thus likely suggests a spearhead: the spear's point—its head.
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