Nilüfer is the
Turkish word for "
water lily
Water lily or water lilies may refer to:
Plants
* Members of the family Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate climate, temperate ...
", from
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
''nîlûfar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
word for the blue lotus ''nīḷōtpaḷa'' (नीळोत्पळ).
It is a popular feminine given name in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It may refer to:
Given name
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Nilüfer Çınar Çorlulu
Nilüfer Çinar Çorlulu (born Nilüfer Çınar on November 4, 1962) is a Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess. With nine Turkish Chess Championship, national champion titles, she is one of the most successful female chess players in ...
(born 1962), Turkish Woman International Master (WIM) of chess
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Nilüfer Demir (born 1986), Turkish photojournalist
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Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz (born 1962), Turkish politician
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Nilüfer Göle
Nilüfer Göle (born 1953) is a Turkish sociologist and a contemporary Turkish academic who specializes in the political movement of today's educated, urbanized, and religious Muslim women. She is the daughter of Turgut Göle, a politician from th ...
(born 1953), Turkish-French sociologist
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Nilüfer Gürsoy
Nilüfer Gürsoy (; 1 June 1921 – 1 July 2024) was a Turkish philologist, politician and memoirist. She served in the parliament between 1965 and 1969, and from 1973 to 1980. She was the daughter of the third president of Turkey, Celâl Bayar. ...
(1921–2024), Turkish philologist, politician and memoirist
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Nilufer Hanımsultan
Nilüfer Hanımsultan; (, married: Princess Niloufer Khanum Sultan Farhat Begum Sahiba ; 4 January 1916 – 12 June 1989), nicknamed '' Kohinoor of Hyderabad'', was an Ottoman princess by birth and an Indian princess by marriage. She was the fi ...
(1916–1989), Ottoman princess
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Nilüfer Hatun
Nilüfer Hatun (, ''water lily'', called also Lülüfer Hatun or Ülüfer Hatun, died 1363), was a concubine of Orhan, the second Ottoman sultan, and the mother of Murad I, Orhan's successor. She was the first slave of Christian origin to becom ...
(died 1363), mother of Ottoman Sultan Murad I
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Nilüfer Örer (born 1976), Turkish pop singer
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Nilüfer Verdi (born 1956), Turkish jazz pianist
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Nilüfer Yumlu
Nilüfer is the Turkish word for " water lily", from Persian ''nîlûfar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus ''nīḷōtpaḷa'' (नीळोत्पळ). It is a popular feminine given nam ...
(born 1955), Turkish pop singer whose stage name is simply "Nilüfer"
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Nilüfer Yanya (born 1996), a British-Turkish singer-songwriter from London
References
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Given names derived from plants or flowers
Turkish feminine given names
Feminine given names