Zamir (name)
Zamir is both a given name and surname multiple origins in Israeli, Arabic, Albanian, and Russian culture.
- In Hebrew, "Zamir" is a transliteration of Hebrew: זמיר, meaning "singer" (rarely, for a male singer with a high pitched voice) or "nightingale".[1]
- In Arabic, "Zamir" (Arabic: ضمیر) means "heart" or "conscience".[2][3][4] This is properly transliterated as Ḍamīr, but commonly appears as Zamir or Zameer or Damir or Dameer
- In Albania, "Zamir" is a male given name which means "good voice", from "za"= "voice" + "mir" = "good". The feminine form of the name is Zamira. [1]
- In Russian, the meaning is "for peace" ("za" = "for" + "mir"= "peace").[[ Zamir or Zameer meaning antertainer , actor
Israeli surname
- Zvi Zamir (born 1925), soldier and espionage chief
- Yitzhak Zamir (born 1931), judge
- Hagai Zamir (born 1951), paralympic champion
- Miri Zamir, Miss Israel 1968
- Zamir Cohen (born 1965), rabbi and writer
- Daniel Zamir (born 1981), saxophonist
Muslim given name
- Zamir Jafri (1916 – 1999), Pakistani poet
- Zamir Niazi (1932 - 2004), Pakistani journalist
- Zamir Ali Badayuni (born 1941), Pakistani writer
- Zameer Sattaur (born 1963), Guyanese-American imam and teacher
- Zamir Kabulov (born 1954), Russian diplomat
- Zameer Rizvi (born 1981), Pakistani-Canadian singer and musician
- Muhd Zameer Zainun (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
- Zameer Ahmed Khan, Indian politician
- Hassan Zamir, Information Science Scholar, USA (from Bangladesh)
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See also
- Zamir (disambiguation)
References
- 20000 names website
- Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
- J. Milton Cowan (ed.) (1994). The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Ithaca: Spoken Language Services.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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