Saadiq is an Arabic masculine

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. Originally a word in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

صديق which is translated as ''friend''. The Arabic word for friend is derived from the root ''sdk'' صدق which often refers to honesty, truth or loyalty. Variants of the name include Sadek,

Sadiq Sadiq may refer to: Places * Sadiq (town), Faridkot district, Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the ...

, Siddiq, Siddique, Sadqi etc. Notable people with the name include: * Sadik Ahmed (born 1977), British Bangladeshi film director, cinematographer, writer, producer * Sadik Albayrak (born 1942), Turkish journalist and author * Sadik Balarabe (born 1992), English footballer * Sadık Giz (1911–1979), Turkish politician * Sadik Hakim (1919–1983), American jazz pianist *

Sadik Harchaoui Sadik Harchaoui (born 4 March 1973, in Douar Khababa) is a Moroccan-Dutch legal academic. He and his family came to the Netherlands in 1980 and settled in the city of Apeldoorn. After he received a '' vwo'' diploma he went to Utrecht University t ...

(born 1973), Moroccan-Dutch legal academic *

Sadik Kaceli Sadik Kaceli (14 March 1914 – 24 December 2000) was an Albanian artist. He studied in Paris at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1936–1941). Kaceli is one of Albania's best known painters, receiving many decorations as People's ...

(1914–2000), Albanian painter *

Sadiq Khan Sir Sadiq Aman Khan (, ; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting (UK Parliament constituency), Tooting ...

(born 1970), Mayor of London *

Sadik Mikhou Sadik Mikhou (born 25 July 1990) is a Moroccan-born middle-distance runner who since 2015 runs internationally for Bahrain. He competed at the 2017 World Championships finishing sixth. Additionally, he won the gold at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity ...

(born 1990), Moroccan middle distance runner *

Sadik Mujkič Sadik Mujkič (born 29 February 1968) is a retired Slovenian rower and Olympic medallist at the 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as ...

(born 1968), Slovenian rower *

Sadik Yemni Saadiq is an Arabic masculine given name. Originally a word in Arabic صديق which is translated as ''friend''. The Arabic word for friend is derived from the root ''sdk'' صدق which often refers to honesty, truth or loyalty. Variants of the n ...

(born 1951), Dutch novelist of Turkish extraction

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