Mubarak (name)
Mubarak (Template:Langx) is an Arabic given name. A variant form is Baraka or Barack (Template:Langx), analogous to the Hebrew verb "barakh" <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />בָרַךּ, meaning "to kneel, bless", and derived from the concept of kneeling in prayer.[1][2] The Arabic prefix m- is a passive participle prefix, meaning "who or which is blessed" (baraka). Mubarak is thus the Arabic equivalent of the Latinate name "Benedict" (from Benedictus "blessed" or, literally, "well-spoken").
Etymologically, the name is from the Semitic consonantal root BRK, derivatives of which occur in numerous formulas of politeness in Arabic. The feminine noun barakah (Script error: No such module "Lang".) means "blessing". In Islam, and specifically within the Sufi tradition, it has a meaning similar to "charisma". The Hebrew cognate is berakhah.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In the Quran, the olive tree and the 27th of Ramadan are mubǎrak.[3]
The Biblical name Baruch is the Hebrew cognate of Barack. There is no specific cognate for Mubarak, which includes the Arabic participle prefix mu-.
The name is sometimes written differently; for example, the last name of singer Shakira (a Lebanese-Colombian) is Mebarak.
Given name
- Mubarak Awad (born 1943), Palestinian-American psychologist
- Mubarak Begum (1936–2016), Indian film singer
- Mubarak Ali Gilani (1936–2021), Pakistani Sufi
- Mubarak Khan (1299-1321), regent of Khilji Dynasty
- Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka (born 1971), Ghanaian politician
- Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan (1935–2010), Emirati royal and politician
- Mubarak Al-Sabah (1837–1915), ruler of Kuwait
- Mubarak Hassan Shami (born 1980), Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner
- Mubarak Shah (Chagatai Khan) (died 1266), Chagatai Khan
- Mubarak Wakaso (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
- Mubarak Shaddad (1915–1980s), Sudanese politician
- Mubarak Zarouk (1916–1965), Sudanese statesman
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Surname
- Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak (born 1968), Yemeni politician
- Alaa Mubarak (born 1960), Egyptian businessman
- Ali Pasha Mubarak (1823–1893), Egyptian public works and education minister
- Gamal Mubarak (born 1963), Egyptian politician
- Hosni Mubarak (1928–2020), the former president of Egypt
- Jehan Mubarak (born 1981), American-born Sri Lankan cricketer
- Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, Iraqi-Australian writer and researcher
- Suzanne Mubarak (born 1941), former first lady of Egypt
- Saba Mubarak (born 1976), Jordanian actress and producer
- Shakira Mebarak, known as Shakira (born 1977), Colombian pop-star of Lebanese origin
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