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Zada (suffix)
Zada (Classical Persian: ; Dari and Pashto: (''zada''); ) also spelled zadah, is a Persian language, Persian-language suffix used as part of titles or nicknames for members of Royal family, royalty, for example: Beg-''zada'', Beg-''zade'', or the variant Beg-''zadi''. It is also used to form surnames, where it is a phonetically local variant of the Iranian zadeh (meaning "descendant of") - the last name -zada is especially common in Afghanistan. Some prominent Afghans with the suffix as a last name include: Siyar Bahadurzada, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Khushnood Nabizada, Raheem Ghamzada and Hibatullah Akhundzada. Sometimes the suffix may appear as an individual last name due to the lack of standardized romanization from Dari and Pashto, for example ''Ramazan Juma Zada''. It has also been used in Pakistan and northern India including as other names, prominent examples being Usman Peerzada, Shahzeb Khanzada, Iskandar Ali Mirza, Sahibzada Iskandar Ali Mirza and Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad. Titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Persian
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivative of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahzeb Khanzada
Shahzeb Khanzada (; born 20 September 1986) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and news anchor, currently hosting a current affairs television program () on Geo News. Personal life Shahzeb was born on 20 September 1986, in Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ..., Pakistan, to a Khanzada Rajput family. He is a descendant of Raja Nahar Khan, who was a Rajput ruler of Mewat in the 14th century. Career In 2009, Shahzeb started his career with Business Plus TV channel. He then hosted program To the Point on Express News. In 2013, he won the Best Anchorperson Award in the 4th Pakistan Media Awards. Currently, he is host of the program "Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath" at Geo News. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahzeb, Khanzada Living people Geo News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qulizada
Qulizada (; ) is a surname built from Turkic ''Quli (Turkic), quli'' and the Persian suffix ''Zada (suffix), -zada''. It may refer to: *Amit Guluzade (born 1992), Azerbaijani football player *Khagani Guluzade (born 1977), Azerbaijani businessman *Ramin Guluzade (born 1977), Azerbaijani politician and minister *Vafa Guluzade (1940–2015), Azerbaijani diplomat, political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution *Zumrud Guluzadeh, Azerbaijani professor of philosophy *Mahtab Qolizadeh, Iranian journalist *Ali Qolizadeh, Iranian footballer *Arash Qolizadeh, Iranian footballer *Aref Qolizadeh, Iranian footballer {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husaynzada
Husaynzada (; ; ), also Husaynzade, Husaynzadeh and Gusein-Zade, is a surname built from Husayn and the Persian suffix zada. Notable people with the surname include: * Ahmad Huseinzadeh (1812–1887), third Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus * Ali bey Huseynzade (1864–1940), Azerbaijani writer, thinker, philosopher, artist, doctor, and the creator * Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh (born 2000), Iranian footballer * Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh (born 1964), Iranian economist and banker * Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh (1977–2016), Iranian principlist * Mahammadali Huseinzadeh (1823–1852), first shia Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus * Mehdi Huseynzade Lieutenant Mehdi Huseynzade (; ; 22 December 1918, in Novxanı, Azerbaijan – 2 November 1944, in Vitovlje, Nova Gorica, Vitovlje, Slovenia) was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani guerrilla and scout during World War II. He was posthumously awar ... (1918–1944), Soviet guerilla of Azerbaijani origin * Sabir Gusein-Zade (born 1950), Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizada
Alizadeh (; ) is a surname built from Ali (name) and the Persian suffix zada. Notable people with the surname include: *Agshin Alizadeh, Azerbaijani composer * Ali Alizadeh, Iranian footballer * Firangiz Alizadeh, Azerbaijani composer *Ghazaleh Alizadeh, Iranian writer *Hossein Alizadeh, Iranian musician * Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist *Kimia Alizadeh, Iranian Taekwondo athlete *Safura Alizadeh, Azeri musician *Sevda Alizadeh, Iranian singer known as Sevdaliza *Sonita Alizadeh Sonita Alizadeh (; born 1996) is an Afghan rapper and activist who has been vocal against forced marriages. Alizadeh first gained attention when she released "Brides for Sale," a video in which she raps about daughters being sold into marria ..., Afghan rapper and activist See also * Matilda Aslizadeh (born 1976), Iranian–born Canadian visual artist {{surname, Alizadeh Iranian-language surnames Azerbaijani-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawab
Nawab is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kingdom of Saxony, Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. In earlier times the title was ratified and bestowed by the reigning Mughal emperor to semi-autonomous Muslim rulers of subdivisions or princely states in the Indian subcontinent loyal to the Mughal Empire, for example the Nawabs of Bengal. "Nawab" usually refers to males and literally means ''Viceroy''; the female equivalent is "Begum" or "''Nawab Begum''". The primary duty of a Nawab was to uphold the sovereignty of the Mughal emperor along with the administration of a certain province. The title of "nawabi" was also awarded as a personal distinction by the paramount power, similar to a British peerage, to persons and families who ruled a princely state for various services to the Government of British Raj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanum
Khanum, Hanum, Hanım, Hanem, Khanom, or Khanoum (Uzbek language, Uzbek: Xonim/Хоним, , Mongolian language, Mongolian: Ханым, , , , , , , ) is a female royal family, royal and aristocracy, aristocratic title that was originally derived through a Central Asian title, and later used in the Middle East and South Asia. It is the Femininity, feminine equivalent of the title ''Khan (title), Khan'' for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turkic peoples living in Asia and Europe and also Proto-Mongols, Mongol tribes living north and northwest of modern-day China. In the construction of words of the Turkic languages, the suffix "-''um / -ım''" adds "''my''", making the word "Khanum" as "my Khan". This arises from the tale, depicting a Khan announcing to his subjects ''I am your Khan, and She is my Khan (Khanum)''. "Khan" is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederationHenning, W. B., 'A Farewell to the Khagan of the Aq-Aqataran',"Bulletin of the Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanzada
The Khanzada or Khan Zadeh are a cluster community of Muslim Rajputs found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. A notable community is the Khanzadas of Mewat, the descendants of Raja Nahar Khan, who are a sub-clan of Jadaun. They refer to themselves as Muslim Rajputs. After the Partition of India in 1947, many members of this community migrated to Pakistan, forming a part of the Muhajir community. Etymology The term ''Khanzada'' or ''Khan Zadeh'' is a literal Persian translation of the Hindi word ''Rajput'', which originates from the Sanskrit word ''rājaputra'' (; literally "son of a king"). The Sankrit term finds mention in some ancient Hindu scriptures like the ''Rigveda'', ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata''. History and origin The term ''khanzada'' originally applied to the Bachgoti Rajput family of the Rajahs of Hasanpur. They were said to have converted to Islam during the rule of Sher Shah Suri. This family claimed descent from Bariar Singh, a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan (title)
Khan (, , ) is a historic Turkic peoples, Turkic and Proto-Mongols, Mongolic title originating among nomadic tribes in the Eurasian Steppe#Divisions, Central and Eastern Eurasian Steppe to refer to a king. It first appears among the Rouran and then the Göktürks as a variant of khagan (sovereign, emperor) and implied a subordinate ruler. In the Seljuk Empire, Seljük Empire, it was the highest noble title, ranking above malik (king) and emir (prince). In the Mongol Empire it signified the ruler of a Orda (organization), horde (''ulus''), while the ruler of all the Mongols was the khagan or great khan. It is a title commonly used to signify the head of a Pashtun Pashtun tribes, tribe or clan. The title subsequently declined in importance. During the Safavid Iran, Safavid and Qajar Iran, Qajar dynasty it was the title of an army general high noble rank who was ruling a province, and in Mughal Empire, Mughal India it was a high noble rank restricted to courtiers. After the downfal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahib
Sahib or Saheb () is a term of address originating from Arabic (). As a loanword, ''Sahib'' has passed into several languages, including Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Crimean Tatar, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rohingya and Somali. During medieval times, it was used either as an official title or an honorific. Now, in South and Central Asia, it is almost exclusively used to give respect to someone higher or lower. The honorific has largely been replaced with '' sir''. In the Tibeto-Burman language of Mizo, it is shorten as sâp, referring to people of European descent. Derived non-ruling princes' titles Sahibzada ''Sahibzada'' is a princely style or title equivalent to, or referring to a young prince. This derivation using the Persian suffix ''-zada(h)'', literally 'born from' (or further male/female descendant; compare ''Shahzada'') a ''Sahib'', was also (part of) the formal style for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah
Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Khanate of Bukhara and the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, and various Afghan dynasties, as well as among Gurkhas. With regard to Iranian history, in particular, each ruling monarch was not seen simply as the head of the concurrent dynasty and state, but as the successor to a long line of royalty beginning with the original Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great. To this end, he was more emphatically known as the Shāhanshāh ( ), meaning " King of Kings" since the Achaemenid dynasty. A roughly equivalent title is Pādishāh (; ), which was most widespread during the Muslim period in the Indian subcontinent. Etymology The word descends from Old Persian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum
Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is an honorific title from Central Asia, Central and South Asia, often used by leading women in society, including Royal family, royals, aristocrats, first lady, first ladies and prime ministers. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or ''bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It usually refers to the wife or daughter of a ''beg (title), beg''. The related form ''begzada'' (daughter of a ''beg'') also occurs.MoazzambaigBegzadi or Begzada Digg.com: Social News. Retrieved July 8, 2011. In the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Delhi, Hyderabad, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bengal, ''begum'' has been adapted for use as an honorific for Islam, Muslim women of high social status, accomplishment, or rank, as in English language the title "Lady" or "Dame" is used. Title In modern society Colloquially, the term is also used in Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by Muslim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
