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Islamic and Urdu names, with meanings you can check

Every meaning cites a public-domain classical dictionary: Lane for Arabic, Steingass for Persian, Platts for Urdu. When no source exists, we say so.

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The word is real, but sources or popular claims disagree about the name. Each reading is shown with its source.

No classical source found

A popular name, but we found no entry for it in Lane, Steingass or Platts, so we give no meaning.

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