Saif ( ar, سيف, links=no) is an Arabic name that means ''sword'' or ''scimitar''. also, it means the protector of something''. Saif , SAIF, or Seif may also refer to:

Military

Arab sword The Saif ( ar, سيف), sometimes called a shamshir, depending on the era, has its origins in Arabia prior to the 7th century. Not much is known about this particular weapon, other than what Al-Kindi wrote in his treatise ''On Swords'' in the 9th ...

, an Arabian sword of pre-Islamic origin *

Scimitar A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...

, a curved sword associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures

Science and technology

HL7 Services Aware Interoperability Framework This article documents the effort of the Health Level Seven(HL7) community and specifically the HL7 Architecture Board (ArB) to develop an interoperability framework that would support services, messages, and Clinical Document Architecture(CDA ...

* Seif dune, a type of sand dune *

Spatial Archive and Interchange Format The Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF, pronounced ''safe'') was defined in the early 1990s as a self-describing, extensible format designed to support interoperability and storage of geospatial data. SAIF dataset SAIF has two major comp ...

Organizations

* Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance * Social Enterprise Investment Fund * State Accident Insurance Fund

Given name

* Saif Ali Khan, Bollywood actor * Saif al-Adel, Egyptian al-Qaeda member * Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan politician Muammar Gadaffi * Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, son of former Libyan politician Muammar Gadaffi * Saif Saaeed Shaheen (born 1982), steeplechase runner * Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a politician from the United Arab Emirates * Saif bin Sultan, Imam of the Ibadi sect in Oman * Saïf Ghezal, Tunisian Footballer * Saif Ahmad, Bangladeshi-American restaurateur and World Series of Poker champion * Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair, Dubai CEO

Surname

* Detlef Seif (born 1962), German politician * Faisal Saif, Indian film director and writer * Mostafa Elwi Saif, Egyptian politician * Umar Saif, Pakistani computer scientist * Valiollah Seif, Iranian banker and economist

Other uses

* Saif, Iran (disambiguation) * Omar Sa'if Center, a Taliban center on the outskirts of Kabul * Saif, a List of Corner Shop Show characters#Recurring characters, character in the web series ''Corner Shop Show'' *