Farooq: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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فاروق
فَارُوق
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Farooq (فاروق, Arabic فَارُوق) means “one who distinguishes right from wrong”. It comes from the Arabic root ف ر ق. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ف ر ق.
- Meaning
- one who distinguishes right from wrong
- معنی
- حق و باطل میں فرق کرنے والا
Where it comes from
Intensive form from faraqa, to separate; al-Fārūq was the title of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
- Say it
- faa-rooqAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ف ر ق
- Other spellings
- Farouk · Faruq
- Themes
- Virtue