Afreen آفرین is a female name, usually given, meaning "Most beautiful", "Enlightenment", and Houri of heaven. Its origins lie in the Middle East. It is also used within the Persian language. Afreen has many regional meanings, including "Most powerful Rose" in Arabic, "مهتاب (moonlight)" in Persian, “Gem" in Egyptian.

Etymology

The name and expression derives from

Middle Persian Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...

''āfrīn'' "praise, blessing" and is also the present tense form of the verb ''âfaridan'' "to create". The expression has been translated by some as "praise to the creator!".

In popular culture

Afreen Afreen "Afreen Afreen" ( ) is a nazm (song) performed and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. It first featured on their collaborative album ''Sangam'' in 1996. In 2003, a studio version of the song was recorded by ...

" is a 1996 song sung by musician and

Qawwali Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing originating in the Indian subcontinent. Originally performed at Sufi shrines throughout the Indian subcontinent, it is famous throughout Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and has ...

singer

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997), also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. Khan was primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devot ...

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