Ad-Din ( ar, الْدِّين ' '(of) the Religion/Faith/Creed'), a suffix component of some

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s, meaning 'the religion/faith/creed', e.g. Saif al-Din ( ar, سيف الدّين, Sayf al-Dīn, Sword of the Faith). Varieties are also used in non-Arabic names throughout the Muslim world, It is used as a name-suffix by some royal Muslim families, including the imperial Seljuks, Mughals and the

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. The Arabic spelling in its standard transliteration is '','' due to the phonological rules involving "

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" ( ), the Arabic letter () is assimilated letter of the ِ Arabic definite article (). The first noun of

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must have the ending -''u'' which according to the assimilation rules in Arabic – names in general is in the nominative case, assimilates the following ''a''-, thus manifesting into in Classical and Modern Standard Arabic. However, all the modern Arabic vernaculars lack the noun endings, thus the vowel of the definite article in them is pronounced in full as either ''a'' or ''e'' (the latter mostly in Maghreb and Egypt). At the same time the Arabic short vowel ''u'' is rendered as short ''o'' in Persian, thus . So in practice romanizations of Arabic names containing this element may vary greatly, including: * , , , * , , * , (particularly in English-speaking

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and East Asia), (particularly in English-speaking South and East Asia) * (particularly in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

-speaking areas) * (particularly in

Turkish name A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full na ...

s) * (particularly in Persian names) Examples of names including this element are: *

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...

* Alimuddin * Amin ud-Din * Anwaruddin * Azharuddin * Azim ud-Din * Badr al-Din * Baha' al-Din * Burhan al-Din * Fakhr al-Din * Fariduddin * Ghiyath al-Din * Hamid al-Din * Haqq ad-Din * Hisham ud-Din * Husam ad-Din * Ikhtiyar al-Din *

Imad al-Din Imad al-Din or Imad ad-Din ( ar, عماد الدين, ʿImād al-Dīn), also Imad ud-din, is a male Muslim given name meaning "pillar of the religion, faith", composed from the nouns ‘''imad'', meaning pillar, and ''al-Din'', of the faith. {{cite ...

* Ismat ad-Din * Izz al-Din * Jalal ad-Din * Jamal ad-Din * Kamal al-Din * Khair ad-Din * Majd ad-Din * Mansur ad-Din *

Mohy al-Din Mohy al-Din ( ar, محيي الدین, ) is a male Muslim name composed of the elements ''Muhyi'', meaning "reviver", and '' ad-Din'', meaning "of the faith". It may refer to: People Name * Muhieddine Jaroudi, Lebanese footballer * Muhiudd ...

Moinuddin Mu'in al-Din or Moinuddin ( ar, معین الدین ) is a male Muslim name composed of the elements ''Muin'', meaning ''helper'' and ''ad-Din'', meaning ''of the faith''. It may refer to: *Mu'in ad-Din Unur (d. 1149), Seljuk ruler of Damascus *Mu ...

* Muhib ud-Din * Mu'iz ad-Din * Muslih ud-Din * Najm al-Din * Nasir al-Din * Nawazuddin * Nazimuddin * Nizam al-Din *

Nur al-Din Nur al-Din ( ar, translit=nūr ad-dīn, نور الدين) is a male Arabic given name, translating to "light of the religion", ''nūr'' meaning "light" and ''dīn'' meaning "religion". More recently, the name has also been used as a surname. There ...

* Qamar ud-Din * Qutb ad-Din * Rashid al-Din * Riazuddin *

Rukn al-Din Rukn al-Din, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn ud-Din is a given name ( ar, ركن الدين, , Pillar of the Faith) and may refer to: *Abu al-Muzaffar Rukn ud-Dīn Barkyāruq bin Malikšāh (died 1105), sultan of Great Seljuq *Rukn al-Dīn Mas'ūd, or Mesud ...

* Sabah al-din * Sabr ad-Din * Sa'd al-Din * Sadr al-Din * Safi al-Din * Saif al-Din * Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn *

Shams al-Din Shams al-Din (IPA: /ʃamsaddiːn/) ( ar, شمس الدين , link=no, "sun of the faith") is an Arabic personal name or title. Notable persons with this name are: 10th–13th century * Shams al-Din Altınapa, Seljuk atabeg *Muhammad ibn A ...

* Sharaf al-Din * Shihab al-Din * Shujauddin * Sirajuddin * Tanzim Harrar al-Din * Taqi al-Din * Zahir al-Din *

Zayn ad-Din Zayn ad-Din ( ar, زين الدين, also transliterated as Zinedine, Zeyneddin, Zain-ud-Din, Zainuddin, Zainaddin, etc.) is an Arabic name meaning "grace of the religion" and may refer to: People Given name * Zayn al-Din Ali Kutchek (died 1168) ...

(or Zinedine) *

Ziauddin The name Ziauddin is a common transliteration of the male Muslim given name more correctly written Ḍiya ad-Dīn ( ar, ضياء الدين). It means the “Shine of the Religion” It may refer to: *Diya al-din Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, (1097 � ...

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Use of ''Uddin'' as surname

In modern times in English-speaking environments, the name ''Uddin'' has sometimes been used as if it was a separate surname. An example is: *

Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin Manzila Pola Khan Uddin, Baroness Uddin, ( bn, মানযিলা পলা উদ্দিন খান; Romanized: ''Manzila Pôla Uddin''; born 17 July 1959) is a British non-affiliated life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi d ...

(born 1959), British politician * Aladdin serial in India available on Sony

Use of ''Uddin'' as surname

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