عثمان

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕuθ.maːn/

Proper noun

عُثْمَان • (ʕuṯmān) m

1. a male given name, Uthman; Osman
2. (Islam) ʿUṯmān ibn ʿAffān, recognized as the Islamic prophet's third rightly-guided successor in most of Sunni Islam

Declension

Declension of noun عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	عُثْمَان ʕuṯmān	—
Nominative	—	عُثْمَانُ ʕuṯmānu	—
Accusative	—	عُثْمَانَ ʕuṯmāna	—
Genitive	—	عُثْمَانَ ʕuṯmāna	—

Derived terms

• عُثْمَانِيّ (ʕuṯmāniyy)

Descendants

• → English: Uthman
• → Persian: عثمان
• → Turkish: Osman

See also

• أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr)
• عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy)
• عُمَر (ʕumar)

 

• رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy)

 

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	u
Dari reading?	u
Iranian reading?	o
Tajik reading?	u

Proper noun

عثمان • (Osmân)

1. (Islam) Uthman bin Affan, third Sunni Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad
2. Osman, any of a number of Ottoman sultans
3. a male given name from Arabic

See also

• عثمانی (osmâni)
• ابوبکر (Abu-bakr)
• عمر (Omar)
• علی (Ali)