Editing Uthman (name)

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Uthman <br /> {{lang|ar|عثمان}}
| image= Ayasofya 13 (cropped).JPG
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| caption=Calligraphic seal featuring Caliph [[Uthman]]'s name, on display in the [[Hagia Sophia]]
| pronunciation= Uthman (Arabic: عُثمَان) <br /> Osman (Turkic) <br /> Usman (Persian, Urdu) <br /> Osman (Bosnian)

| gender = Male
| meaning = Arabic: young bustard, young serpent,<ref name=w-e-lane></ref> young dragon 
| region = [[Arabia]]
| origin = [[Arabic]]
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| wikt = 
}}
'''Uthman''' ({{langx|ar|عُثمَانُ|translit= Uṯmānᵘ}}), also spelled '''Othman''', is a male [[Arabic name#Ism|Arabic given name]] with the literal meaning of a young [[bustard]], [[Snake|serpent]],<ref name=w-e-lane>{{cite book |last=Lane |first=William Edward |date=1874 |title=An Arabic-English Lexicon, Book I, Part 5 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76950/page/n199/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=Williams and Norgate |page= 1954}}</ref> or [[dragon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uthman: Discover the Meaning Behind the Name |url=https://arabikey.com/arabic-name/uthman/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> It is popular as a male given name among [[Muslims]]. It is also transliterated as [[Osman (name)|'''Osman''' or '''Usman''']], particularly when the name occurs in languages which either have no [[Voiceless dental fricative|/θ/ sound]] or where the character ⟨[[ﺙ]]⟩ is pronounced differently, such as [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], and [[Urdu]], as well as some Arabic dialects.

Originally the name often occurred as a {{transliteration|ar|[[Arabic name#Nasab|nasab]]}} or [[patronymic]] in the names of children of people called Uthman, as in ''ibn Uthman'' "Son of Uthman" or ''bint Uthman'' "Daughter of Uthman". From there, it also developed into a surname.

==Given name==
*[[Uthman]], third [[Rashidun caliph]] and son-in-law of the prophet [[Muhammad]]
*[[Abu Quhafa]], father of [[Abu Bakr]]
*[[Uthman ibn Ali]], one of the sons of [[Ali]]
*[[Munuza]], a Berber Wāli of [[Narbonne]] and effective Muslim governor of [[Septimania]]
*[[Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq]], a Marinid ruler
*[[Abu 'Amr 'Uthman]], a Hafsid ruler
*[[Uthman ibn Ali (bey of Tunis)]], the sixth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia briefly in 1814
*[[Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula]], Marinid Prince
*[[Uthman Ibn Farooq]], American Muslim [[Da'ee]] and [[Islamic scholar]]
*[[Othman Al Omeir]], a Saudi-born British businessman, journalist and editor
*[[Othman Bidin]] (born 1913), Bruneian educator
*[[Othman Saat]], a former Chief Minister of the state of Johor in Malaysia
*[[Othmane Senadjki]], a former journalist and editor-in-chief in Algeria
*[[Othman Uking]] (born 1937), Bruneian legislative councillor
*[[Othman Wok]] (1924–2017), Singaporean politician

==Middle name==
*[[Al-Aziz Uthman]], the second son of Saladin and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt
*[[Azalina Othman Said]], a tourism minister of Malaysia

==Surname and patronymic==
*[[Abdul Ghani Othman]], the current Menteri Besar of the state of Johor in Malaysia
*[[Abdul Kahar bin Othman]], a Singaporean criminal [[capital punishment|executed]] for [[drug trafficking]] in [[Singapore]]
*[[Abdullatif bin Ahmed Al Othman]], the governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA)
*[[Arwa Othman]]''',''' Yemeni writer, journalist, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture
*[[Tuanku Sultan Otteman II]], a former Sultan of Deli
*[[Barbara Uthmann]], businesswoman and supporter of bobbin lace
*[[Uthman ibn Hunaif]], Companions of the Prophet

==Fiction==
*[[Othman]], a fictional historical character in the Christopher Paolini book ''Inheritance''.

==See also==
*[[Ottoman Empire]]
*[[Uthman Qur'an]]
*[[Usman Institute of Technology]]
*[[Usmanu Danfodio University]]
*[[Osmanya script]]
*[[Osmania University]]
*[[Saidina Uthman Bin Affan Mosque]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Arabic-language masculine given names]]
[[Category:Masculine given names]]
[[Category:Arabic-language surnames]]
[[Category:German-language surnames]]

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