Mubarak (name)
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Mubarak (Arabic: مبارك, romanized: mubārak) is an Arabic given name. A variant form is Baraka or Barack (Arabic: بارك, romanized: bārak), analogous to the Hebrew word "berech" ברךּ, meaning "knee", and derived from common Semitic roots for the concept of kneeling in praise/to receive a blessing.[1] Mubarak is thus the Arabic equivalent in meaning of the Latinate word "Benedict" (from Benedictus "blessed" or, literally, "well-spoken").
Etymologically, the name is from the consonantal root B-R-K, meaning "knee", and verbally "to prostrate oneself", and hence "to receive blessing". The feminine noun barakah (بركة) means "blessing". In Islam, and specifically within the Sufi tradition, it has a meaning similar to "charisma". The Hebrew cognate is berakhah.[citation needed]
The Biblical name Baruch is the Hebrew cognate; see Book of Baruch for an instance of the name.
The name is sometimes written differently in different countries; for example, the last name of singer Shakira (a Lebanese-Colombian) is Mebarak.
When an Arabic name is used in other languages, the patronymic is often rendered as a last name. In other contexts, Mubarak is a proper last name (e.g., cricket player Jehan Mubarak).
Given name
- Mubarak Awad (b. 1943), Palestinian-American psychologist
- Mubarak Begum (1936-2016), Indian film singer
- Mubarak Ali Gilani (21st century), Pakistani Sufi
- Mubarak Khan (died 1321), regent of Khilji Dynasty
- Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837–1915), ruler of Kuwait
- Mubarak Hassan Shami (born 1980), Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner
- Mubarak Shah (circa 1252–1266), Chagatai Khan
- Mubarak Fahad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (born 1989), Prince of Kuwait
- Mubarak Sanusi ibn Musbaudeen (born 1999), Nigeria
- Mubarak Wakaso (b. 1990), Ghanaian footballer
- Mubarak A. Rahman Saad Mubarak Al Olan
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Surname
- Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak (born 1968), prime minister of Yemen
- Alaa Mubarak (b. 1960), Egyptian businessman
- Ali Pasha Mubarak (1823–1893), Egyptian public works and education minister
- Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), Egyptian politician
- Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), the former president of Egypt
- Jehan Mubarak (born 1981), American-born Sri Lankan cricketer
- Suzanne Mubarak (born 1941), former first lady of Egypt
- Saba Mubarak (born 1976), Jordanian actress and producer
- Shakira Mebarak, known as Shakira (b. 1977), Colombian pop-star of Lebanese origin
- Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, Ghanaian Member of Parliament (April 2005-)
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See also
References
- ^ Murtonen, Aimo (1986). "The List of Roots". In Hospers, J. H. (ed.). Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting: A Comparative Survey of Non-Masoretic Hebrew Dialects and Traditions. Vol. One. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 121. ISBN 9789004088993. OCLC 642924284. Retrieved 2 June 2013.