Aynur is a
Turkish and
Azerbaijani given name for females. As it is derived from the Turkish word "
ay" and the Arabic word "
nur", its literal meaning is
moonlight.
In the
Balkans
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, Aynur (written as Ajnur) is popular among
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
in the former
Yugoslav nations, specifically Bosniak males. This is one of the most popular names in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Given name
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Aynur Aydın (born 1985),
Turkish German singer
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Aynur Doğan (born 1975), Kurdish singer and musician
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Aynur Erge (born 1998), Turkish wrestler
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Aynur Imanova (born 1988), Azerbaijani volleyball player
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Aynur Sofiyeva (born 1970), Azerbaijani politician and former chess player
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Ainur Yesbergenova (born 1998), Kazakhstani taekwondo athlete
See also
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Ainur (disambiguation) Ainur may refer to:
* Ainur, a given name in several languages, such as Arabic, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Albanian. The Turkish version of it is Aynur. It means "moonlight"
* AINUR (Atlas of Images of Nuclear Rings), catalogue of star-forming ring-shaped ...
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Ainur Yesbergenova
References
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Turkish feminine given names
Feminine given names