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, derived from Arabic meaning 'enlightenment', also derived from

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

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Punjabi language Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...

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Tanveer Ahmed (boxer) Tanveer Ahmed (born 25 October 1968) is a retired Pakistani and British Pakistani boxer. He fought for the WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title, but drew in the fight. He met the streamer "PFUT" in the gym in dubai. Personal life He resided ...

, Pakistani boxer * Tanveer Ahmed (footballer), Pakistani footballer *

Tanveer Ahmed (psychiatrist) Tanveer Ahmed (born 1975) is a Bangladeshi born Australian psychiatrist, journalist and television presenter. Early life Ahmed was born in Bangladesh in 1975. He and his parents moved to Australia in 1981, and settled in Toongabbie, in the weste ...

, Bangladeshi-Australian psychiatrist and journalist *

Tanvir Ahmed Tanvir Ahmed ( bal, تنويراحمد; born 20 December 1978) is a former Pakistani Test cricketer born in Kuwait. Ahmed is mainly a fast-bowler. He played for Pakistan in a first-class match against Worcestershire in the tour of England in ...

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Tanveer Ghani Tanveer Ghani is a British actor. He has appeared in various British television programmes and British films. One of his first roles was in the BBC hospital drama, ''Angels'' (1982). He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Rezaul Kabir ...

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Tanvir Gill Tanvir Gill is a news anchor at CNBC, Asia's most watched business and financial news network. She was previously an anchor at ET Now, the leading business channel of The Economic Times, India's largest selling financial daily, from The Times Gr ...

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Tanveer Haider Tanbir Hayder Khan (born 5 December 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his first senior appearances in 2010, playing in two First-class cricket, first-class matches for Sylhet Division cricket team, Sylhet Division. He later made his Lis ...

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Rana Tanveer Hussain Rana Tanveer Hussain (; born 1 October 1949) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly between 1985 and May 2018. He served as ...

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Tanvir Hussain The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada, disguised as soft drinks. The plot was discovered by British M ...

, English terrorist convicted for the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot *

Tanvir Islam Tanvir Islam (born 25 October 1996) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 21 April 2017. He made his first-class debut for Barisal Divis ...

, Bangladeshi scientist *

Tanveer Ashraf Kaira Tanveer Ashraf Kaira (born August 25, 1960), is a Pakistani politician. He is the former Finance minister of Punjab, Pakistan. He was elected as a Member Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in General Elections 2002. He won again in 2008 as MPA an ...

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Tanvir Ahmad Khan Tanvir Ahmad Khan (12 June 1932 – 16 November 2013) was a career diplomat from Pakistan.Tanvir Mehdi, Pakistani cricketer *

Tanvir Mokammel Tanvir Mokammel (born 8 March 1955) is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and writer. He is the recipient of Ekushey Padak in 2017. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards total ten times for the films ''Nodir Naam Modhumoti'' (1995), '' Chitra Nodir Pare'' ( ...

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Tanveer Naqvi Lt. Gen. (R) Syed Tanveer Hussain Naqvi is a retired three-star general of Pakistan Army. A close aide of Pervez Musharraf, he was the former head of National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Rep ...

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Tanvir Sadiq Tanvir Sadiq is the Chief Spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Advisor to the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah. Born in Srinagar into a political family, he did his schooling from Burn Hall School, ...

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Tanveer Zaidi Tanveer Zaidi ur, , hi, तनवीर ज़ैदी, born to Syed Mashooq Hussain is an Indian actor and educationist. 'Tanveer Zaidi has acted in 13 films until date & many T.V series & Live shows, He has also appeared as a judge in sat ...

.Indian film actor and educationist *

Tanvir Islam Tanvir Islam (born 25 October 1996) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League on 21 April 2017. He made his first-class debut for Barisal Divis ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Tanvir Ahmed Tanvir Ahmed ( bal, تنويراحمد; born 20 December 1978) is a former Pakistani Test cricketer born in Kuwait. Ahmed is mainly a fast-bowler. He played for Pakistan in a first-class match against Worcestershire in the tour of England in ...

, Bangladeshi cricket umpire *

Tanvir Tareq Syed Md Tanvir Tareq (known as Tanvir Tareq) is a Bangladeshi National Award Winner music composer, director, singer, writer and television anchor.He is Bangladeshi National Award Winner Music Composer, Singer, writer and Tv personality. He is wo ...

, Bangladeshi music composer, director, singer, and television anchor

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Habib Tanvir Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He was the writer of plays such as, ''Agra Bazar'' (1954) and ''Charandas Chor'' (1975). A pio ...

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Nial Tanvir Nial Rahil Tanvir (born 1965) is a British astronomer at the University of Leicester. His research specialisms are the Extragalactic distance scale, Galaxy evolution and Gamma ray bursts. Tanvir has featured in various TV programs, including '' ...

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Shehzad Tanweer Shehzad Tanweer (15 December 1982 – 7 July 2005) was one of four Islamist terrorists who detonated explosives in three trains on the London Underground and one bus in central London during the 7 July 2005 London bombings. 56 people were killed ...

, English Islamic terrorist and perpetrator of the

7/7 attacks The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on the city's public transport system during the mor ...

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Sohail Tanvir Sohail Tanvir ( ur, ; born 12 December 1984) is a Pakistani cricketer, who has gained considerable international repute for his unorthodox left arm bowling action and particularly for the success it has gained him in the Twenty20 format of the ...

, Pakistani cricketer

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