Nuri (name)
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| Gender |
Persian surname, Male and female (Korean, Aramaic) |
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| Language(s) |
Arabic, Aramaic, Korean, Persian, Japanese |
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| Origin |
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| Meaning |
Persian come from New (Nowruz), Korean for "world"(누리), Arabic (Levant) for "my light" (نور+ي), Aramaic for "my fire" (ܢܘܪܝ) |
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| Other names |
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| Alternative spelling |
Nori, Nouri, Noori |
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Nuri (also spelled Nouri or Noori, Arabic: نوري, Korean: 누리, Syriac: ܢܘܪܝ) is a name which may refer to:
Given name
- Nuri Badran (born 1943), an Iraqi Minister of the Interior
- Nuri Berköz (1889–1975), an Azerbaijani general
- Nuri Boytorun (1908–1988), a Turkish Olympic wrestler
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959), a Turkish filmmaker
- Nuri Demirağ (1886–1957), a Turkish industrialist
- Nuri Killigil (1881–1949), a general in the Ottoman army
- Nuri Kino (born 1965), an Assyrian-Swedish journalist and filmmaker
- Nuri Montsé (1917–1971), a Spanish Argentine film actress
- Nouri al-Maliki (born 1950), the Prime Minister of Iraq
- Nuri Ok (born 1942), a Turkish judge
- Nouri Ouznadji, Algerian footballer
- Nuri as-Said (1888–1958), an Iraqi politician
- Nuri Şahin (born 1988), a Turkish international footballer
- Nuri Şahin (volleyball player) (born 1980), a Turkish volleyball player
- Nuri Sojliu (1870–1940), a signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence
Surname
- Abdollah Nouri, Iranian politician
- Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, Iranian politician
- Alireza Noori, Iranian politician
- Hossein Noori Hamedani, Iranian ayatollah
- Hossein Nuri, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker
- Michael Nouri, Lebanese-American actor
- Mohammad Nouri (footballer), Iranian footballer
- Mohammad Nouri (singer), Iranian singer
- Milad Nouri, Iranian footballer
- Pejman Nouri, Iranian footballer
- Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri, an Islamic saint
- Sayid Abdulloh Nuri (1947–2006), leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
- Shahab Sheikh Nuri (1932–1976), a Kurdish politician
- Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, Iranian cleric
- Yochanan ben Nuri, a Tanna of the first and second century CE
See also