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Zain (name)

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Zain or Zayn is an Arabic personal name meaning "beautiful" or "handsome".[1] Zayyan is a variation of Zain.[2]

Title

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  • Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin, (born 1982), more popularly known as Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, is the second son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir
  • Zain-ul-Abidin the eighth sultan of Kashmir that reigned: 1418–1419 and 1420–1470
  • Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan, also known as Mirza Muhammad Hashim, a Mughal aristocrat from Nawab of Bengal family and the father of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal

Given name

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Last name

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  • Ahmed Al-Zain (born 1991), Saudi footballer
  • Anuar Zain (born 1970), Malaysian singer, and brother of Ziana Zain
  • Fred Zain (1951–2002), American forensic lab technician
  • Harun Al Rasyid Zain (1927–2014), Indonesian teacher, economist and bureaucrat
  • Maher Zain (born 1981), Swedish singer
  • Osama Al-Zain, Palestinian filmmaker and writer
  • Qari Zain (died 2009), Pakistani member of the Mehsud tribe, and a leader of a Taliban faction in South Waziristan
  • Ziana Zain (born 1968), Malaysian singer, model, actress, and sister of Anuar Zain
  • Sami Zayn, the ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Rami Sebei

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References

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  1. ^ Baalbaki, Rohi (1995). AL-MAWRID Arabic-English Dictionary (7th ed.). Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin. p. 598. ISBN 9953902313.
  2. ^ "Arabic Personal Names". 1964.