Abdul Nasser
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Abdul Nasser (Arabic: عبد الناصر ) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Nasser. The name means "servant of the Helper", An-Nasser being a Muslim theophoric name.[1][2]
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. Because the letter n is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- can be assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Nasser, the pronunciation can correspond to Abd an-Nasser. Alternative transliterations of the last element include Naaser, Nasir and others, with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), President of Egypt
- Khalid Abdel Nasser (1949–2011), his son
- Abdul Nacer Benbrika (born ca. 1960), Algerian-Australian Muslim activist
- Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani (born 1960), Syrian held in Guantanamo
- Abdel Nasser Tawfik (born 1967), Egyptian physicist
- Abdelnasser Ouadah (born 1975), Algerian footballer
- Abdulnaser Slil (born 1981), Libyan footballer
- Abdul Nasir (Guantanamo detainee 874) (born 1981), Afghan
- Abdoul Nassirou Omouroun (born 1987), Togolese footballer
- Abdinasir Said Ibrahim (born 1989), Somali athlete
- Abd Al-Nasser Hasan (born 1990), Syrian footballer
- Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, Iraqi politician
[edit] 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.
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