Category Archives: Zazaki Names

Hussein

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Arabic حسين
(hoos-SANE)

The name was initially a diminutive form of Hasan حسن, which is derived from the Arabic, hasuna حسن (beautiful; good). The name has been used as an independent given name for centuries, usually used in honour of Hussein ibn Ali (626-680 CE), the son of the caliph Ali and the grandson of the prophet Mohammed.

He is considered a martyr among Shi’ia Muslims.

In recent years the name was borne by the King of Jordan (1935-1999) and it is the middle name of current President of the United States, Barack Obama.

Its Turkish form of Hüseyin is currently the 400th most popular male name in Germany, (2011).

Other forms of the name include:

  • Huseyn (Azeri)
  • Husein (Bosnian)
  • Husain (Indonesian)
  • Hossain حسّین (Persian)
  • hysejin Һүсейiн (Kazakh)
  • Hüseyin (Turkish) 
  • Usên (Zazaki)

Thales

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Gender: Masculine
Origin: Greek Θαλης
Meaning: “to blossom.”

The name is derived from the Greek θαλλω (thallo) meaning, “to blossom.” It was borne by a 6th-century BCE Greek philosopher and Mathematician, Thales of Miletus.

The name shares the same etymological root as Thalia.

Currently, Thales is the 90th most popular male name in Brazil, (2011).

Other forms of the name include:

  • Fales Фалес (Azeri/Belarusian/Bulgarian/Russian)
  • Tales (Catalan/Polish/Portuguese/Spanish)
  • Thalés (Czech)
  • Thales (English/Greek/Portuguese-Brazilian/Zazaki)
  • Thalès (French)
  • Tailéas (Gaelic)
  • Thalész (Hungarian)
  • Talete (Italian)
  • Talesi თალესი (Georgian)
  • Taless (Latvian)
  • Talee (Lombard)
  • Talis (Lithuanian)
  • Taleti (Sicilian)

 

Hadassah

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Gender: Feminine
Origin: Hebrew הֲדַסָּה
Meaning: “myrtle”
Eng (huh-DAH-sah)

The name is found in the Book of Esther as the birth name of the heroine. It is sometimes argued by scholars that Esther is a reconstruction of an ancient Median name that was derived from the word astra (myrtle). Hence it is theorized that Esther may have been derived from a Median cognate of the Hebrew Hadassah.

The name has always been very popular among Jews, but has rarely ever been used in the Christian world.

The name was sometimes given to girls born around the Purim festivities.

Currently, Hadassa is the 95th most popular female name in Brazil, (2011) while Hadassah is the 841st most popular in the United States, (2010).

Other forms of the name include:

  • Hadassa (German/Italian/Portuguese/Spanish)
  • Dassah (Hebrew)
  • Ħadassa (Maltese)
  • Hadasa (Polish/Slovak)
  • Gadassa Гадасса (Russian)
  • Hode (Yiddish)
  • Hodel (Yiddish)
  • Iddessa (Zazaki)
A popular Russian diminutive is Dasha.
It is also the name of the Women’s Zionist Organization of America.