ʿUzayr
عُزَيْر
Say it ʿu-ZAYR
A non-Arabic name
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Not Arabic in origin
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 9:30
- Also spelled
- Uzair, Uzayr, Ozair
Meaning & source
A non-Arabic name, though the lexicographers note it looks like the diminutive of ʿazr.
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وعُزَيرٌ: اسْمٌ يَنْصَرِفُ لِخِفَّتِهِ وإِن كَانَ أَعجميًّا مِثْلَ نُوحٍ وَلُوطٍ لأَنه تَصْغِيرُ عَزْر
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 4, p. 563 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
Who carried this name
- ʿUzayr, whom some of the Jews called the son of God (Qurʾān 9:30) Qurʾān 9:30