Zamir (name)

The name Zamir corresponds to at least two different names.

One is as the transliteration of the modern Israeli given name and surname, Hebrew: זמיר, meaning "singer" (rarely, for a male singer with a high pitched voice) or "nightingale".[1] Examples are given below.

Another is as the male Muslim given name, Arabic: ضمیر , meaning "heart" or "conscience".[2][3][4] This is properly transliterated as Ḍamīr, but commonly appears as Zamir or Zameer or Damir or Dameer. Examples are given below.

Zamir is a personal name among Albanians, where it literally means "good voice", from "za"= "voice" + "mir" = "good".[1]

Zamir also appears as a personal name in south-Slavonic (formerly Yugoslav) culture. This may be a use of the Muslim name, but coincidentally in south Slavonic it could mean "for peace" ("za" = "for" + "mir"= "peace").

Israeli surname

Muslim given name

See also

References

  1. 1 2 20000 names website
  2. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  3. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
  4. J. Milton Cowan (ed.) (1994). The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Ithaca: Spoken Language Services.
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