Husayn

English

Alternative forms

• Husain, Husein, Hussain, Hussein, Husayn, Ḥusayn, Huseyn, Husseyn, Hussien, Hussayn, Husseyin, Huseyin, Hüseyin
• Hoseyn, Hosseyn, Hosein, Hossein, Hosain, Hossain, Hosayn, Hossayn
• Housseine, Houssein, Houssain, Houssayn, Housseyn

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn), from the root ح س ن (ḥ-s-n).

Proper noun

Husayn

1. (Islam) A son of Ali and brother of Hassan; a martyr, and Shi'a Imam.
2. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims, diminutive of حسن (“Hasan”) meaning good or handsome.
3. A Muslim surname from Arabic derived from the Arabic given name.

Translations

Husayn

• Arabic: حُسَيْن m (ḥusayn)
• Azerbaijani: Hüseyn (az)
• Bashkir: Хөсәйен (Xösəyen)
• Bengali: হোসেন (bn) (hōśen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侯賽因／侯赛因 (zh) (Hóusàiyīn)

• Crimean Tatar: Usein
• Czech: Husajn m
• French: Hussein (fr) m
• German: Hussein m
• Hausa: Husaini
• Hebrew: חוסיין
• Hindi: हुसैन (hi) m (husain)
• Japanese: フセイン (Fusein)
• Kazakh: Құсайын (Qūsaiyn), Үсен (Üsen)
• Kyrgyz: Кусейин (Kuseyin), Үсөн (Üsön)
• Malay: Husin
• Persian: حسین (fa) m (hoseyn)
• Polish: Husajn m
• Russian: Хусе́йн (ru) m (Xusɛ́jn)
• Tajik: Ҳусайн (Husayn)
• Uyghur: ھۈسەيىن (hüseyin)
• Uzbek: Husayn
• West Frisian: Hûssein

Anagrams

• Yu Shan, Yushan, Yü Shan

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

Proper noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic	Ҳусайн (Husayn)‍
Latin	‍
Perso-Arabic

Husayn

1. (Islam) Husayn