Sinan ( Arabic: سنان ''sinān'') is a name found in Arabic and Early Arabic, meaning ''spearhead''. The name may also be related to the Ancient Greek name Sinon. It was used as a male given name.

Etymology

The word is possibly stems from the Arabic verb سَنَّ ''sanna'', which means to "grind, sharpen, to make a point or dot". Another older meaning probably refer to " age", the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed, or the old age. Also, another meaning refers to "make a law/ legislation about something". The general meaning is "sharpened point/ nib of the spear or lance(t)" which could possibly have a symbolic connotation representing a pointed arch, some referring to the niche of a ''

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'', since the mihrab represent the "point, direction" of prayer to the

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in Islam. In a ''hadith'' narrated by Abu Juhaifa in ''

Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

'', "Once Allah's Messenger went to Al-Batha' at noon, performed the ablution and offered a two rak'at Zuhr prayer and a two-rak'at 'Asr prayer while a spearheaded stick was planted before him and the passersby were passing in front of it". In another tradition, the battle standard of Muhammad, known in

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as ''Sancak-ı Şerif'' ("Holy Standard"), was believed to have served as the curtain over the entrance of his wife

Aisha Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...

's tent, the standard had been part of the turban of Buraydah ibn al-Khasib, an enemy who was ordered to attack Muhammad, but instead bowed to him, unwound his turban and affixed it to his spear, dedicating it and himself to Muhammad's service. In an Islamic interpretation of dreams, denotes the emblem of a religious man or a scholar, then it means innovation. The name has been mostly used in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman times, generally used as a common

baby name. Notable people with the name Sinan include:

Pre-20th century

* Sinon, warrior in Greek mythology who was involved in the Trojan Wars * Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ (10th century), mathematician from Ḥarrān * Mimar Sinan (1489–1588), chief architect and civil engineer for three Ottoman sultans * Khaled bin Sinan, pre-Islamic prophet * Sinan ibn Thabit, Sabian physician, father of Ibrahim ibn Sinan * Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908–946), mathematician and astronomer in Baghdad * Rashid ad-Din Sinan (died ca. 1193), known as "Old Man of the Mountain", one of the leaders of the Nizari Ismaili community in Syria * Atik Sinan (fl. died 1471), "old Sinan", Ottoman architect

Ottoman officers

* Koca Sinan Pasha (1506–1596), Albanian born Grand Vizier, Ottoman military commander (pasha) and statesman * Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral) (died 1553), in full Sinanüddin Yusuf Pasha, Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy * Hadım Sinan Pasha (died 1517), Ottoman grand vizier * Sinan Reis (died 1546?), Sephardic Jewish Barbary corsair and lieutenant to Hayreddin Barbarossa * Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (c. 1545–1605), Ottoman statesman of Italian background * Sinan-paša Sijerčić (died 1806), Bosniak Commander of the Ottoman Army

Post-19th century

* Hakan Karahan (born 1960), Turkish writer who uses pseudonym Sinan

Given name

* Sinan Akçıl (born 1981), Turkish pop composer and songwriter * Sinan Akdag (born 1989), German ice hockey defenceman * Sinan Akkuş (born 1971), Turkish-German actor, director, film producer and writer * Sinan Al Shabibi (born 1941), governor of the Central Bank of Iraq * Sinan Alaağaç (1960–1985), Turkish footballer * Sinan Albayrak (born 1973), Turkish TV and film actor * Sinan Alimanović (born 1954), Bosnian musician * Sinan Antoon (born 1967), Iraqi poet and novelist * Sinan Ayrancı (born 1990), Turkish-Swedish footballer * Sinan Bakış (born 1994), Turkish footballer * Sinan Bolat (born 1988), Turkish-Belgian footballer * Sinan Bytyqi (born 1995), Albanian-Austrian footballer * Sinan Çalışkanoğlu (born 1978), Turkish actor * Sinan Can (born 1977), Dutch-Turkish journalist * Sinan Cem Tanık (born 1980), Turkish volleyball player * Sinan Çetin (born 1953), Turkish actor, film director, and producer * Sinan Demircioğlu (born 1975), Turkish footballer * Sinan Erbil (born 1965), Turkmen singer * Sinan Erdem (1927–2003), Turkish volleyball player and head of the Turkish National Olympic Committee * Sinan Güler (born 1983), Turkish basketball player * Sinan Gümüş (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer * Sinan Hasani (1922–2010), Yugoslav politician * Sinan Kaloğlu (born 1981), Turkish footballer * Sinan Keskin (born 1994), Dutch-Turkish footballer * Sinan Kurt (footballer, born 1996), Sinan Kurt (born 1996), German footballer * Sinan Kurumuş (born 1994), Turkish footballer * Sinan Oğan (born 1967), Turkish politician * Sinan Ören (born 1987), Turkish footballer * Sinan Ozen (born 1964), popular Turkish musician and actor * Sinan Özkan (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Sinan Sakić (1956–2018), Serbian folk singer * Sinan Şamil Sam (1974–2015), Turkish-German boxer * Sinan Savaskan (born 1954), Turkish-British classical music composer * Sinan Sofuoğlu (1983–2008), Turkish motorcycle racer * Sun Sinan (born 1988), Chinese field hockey player * Sinan Tekerci (born 1993), Turkish footballer * Sinan Tuzcu (born 1977), Turkish actor * Sinan Uzun (born 1990), Turkish footballer

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