As'ad (Arabic: أَسْعَد / ALA-LC: Asʻad, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʔasʕad]), informally transcribed as Asaad or Assaad, is an Arabic male given name derived from the elative degree of the adjective سَعِيد saʿīd, thus meaning "more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest".[1][2][3] It also exists as a surname.
| Romanisation | ALA-LC: Asʻad |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʔasʕad] |
| Gender | male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest |
| Other names | |
| Anglicisation(s) | Asaad, Assaad, Assad, Assadi |
People with the given name edit
People with the surname edit
- Ahmad El-Assaad
- Kamel Asaad
- Khaled al-Asaad, prominent Syrian archaeologist and historian killed by ISIS
- Man Asaad
- Nizar Assaad
- Lucas Assadi
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References edit
- ^ Albert de Biberstein Kazimirski. Dictionnaire arabe-français. Vol. 2. p. 1091, column a.
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), "أسعد", in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 42
- ^ Wehr, Hans (1979), "اسعد", in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, page 479