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Name 202497

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Name
al-Bāhir
Gender
male
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: laqab meaning 'brilliant, lucid, renowned'.
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Name 202498

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Name
Zayn al-'Ābidīn
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: laqab meaning 'adornment of the worshippers'.
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proper noun: Islamic
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Name 202499

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Name
Abū Ṭālib
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: kunya, 'father of Talib'; Talib, 'seeker; student'.
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Name 202500

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Name
Ouatta
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: probably ⲟⲩⲁⲧⲧⲟ-, ‘whole, all, entire’ + -ⲁ = ‘the one who is whole/complete’.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 5b
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common word: noun
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Name 202502

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Name
Ngissinngal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⳟⲥ̄ⲥ-, 'holy; saint' + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Ngissi' = 'son of the holy one/saint'.
Literature
Łajtar 2009b, pp. 100–101; NOM 4, no. 2a
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common word: noun
combination: noun+noun
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Name 202503

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Name
Irtanngal
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: perhaps ⲣ̄ⲧ-, 'potentiary?' (office) + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Irta' = 'son of potentiary'?
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common word: occupation/title/function
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Name 202507

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Name
Maitta
Gender
unknown
Structure
simple
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲙⲁⲉⲧ̄ⲧ-, ‘joy’ + -ⲁ = 'the joy'.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 10a
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common word: noun
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Name 202508

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Name
Irotatoungngilki
Gender
 
Structure
 
Type
 
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Origin
 
Etymology
This is a ghost-name; for a corrected reading, see Ref 702014 / Nam 202612 and Nam 200892.
Literature
NOM 4, no. 9b
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Name 202509

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Name
Ionngal
Gender
unknown
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Nubian
Origin
local
Etymology
Meaning: ⲉⲓⲟ-, probably cognate with the Nobiin ⲓⲟ-, 'mother; my mother' + -ⲛ (genitive) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Io' = 'son of mother'?
Literature
NOM 4, no. 2b
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Name 202515

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Name
'Abd al-Malik
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'servant of the Owner [of all things]'.
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proper noun: Islamic
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Name 202518

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Name
'Abd al-Ṣamad
Gender
male
Structure
compound
Type
monolingual
Genealogy
Semitic: Arabic
Origin
foreign
Etymology
Meaning: 'servant of the Eternal Refuge'.
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proper noun: Islamic
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Name 202519

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Name
An---
Gender
male
Structure
unknown
Type
unknown
Genealogy
unknown
Origin
unknown
Etymology
Meaning and origin unknown.
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