Zada (
Classical Persian
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and u ...
: ; fa, زاده, translit=zâde; tg, зода, translit=zoda) also romanized as zadah, zade,
zadeh
Zadeh, also Zada, is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.
Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:
* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical en ...
, zadi, is a
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 ...
suffix used as part of titles or nickname for members of royalty, for example: Beg-''zada'', Beg-''zade'', or Beg-''zadi''. It is also used to form surnames.
Titles built with ''-zada''
Beg
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Begzada (Begzade) is a part of Beg, son of Beg.
*Begzadi is a part of Beg, daughter of Beg also Beg female use
Begum
Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is a royal and aristocratic title from Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or '' bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It us ...
, wife of
Baig
Baig, also commonly spelled Bayg, Beigh, Beg, Bek, Bey, Baeg or Begh (Persian: بیگ, ''Beig'', Turkish: ''Bey''), was a Turkic title which is today used as a name to identify lineage. It means ''Chief'' or ''Commander'' and is an honorific titl ...
.
Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
*Shahzada (Shahzade or Shehzade) is a part of Shah, son of Shah.
*Shahzadi (Shehzadi) is a part of Shah, daughter of Shah.
Sahib
Sahib or Saheb (; ) is an Arabic title meaning 'companion'. It was historically used for the first caliph Abu Bakr in the Quran. The title is still applied to the caliph by Sunni Muslims.
As a loanword, ''Sahib'' has passed into several langua ...
*Sahibzada is a part of Shahib or further male descendant; compare Shahzada.
Khan
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Khanzada (Khanzade) is a part of Khan, son of Khan.
*Khanzadi is a part of Khan, daughter of Khan also Khan female use
Khanum
Khanum, Hanum, Khanom, or Khanoum ( kz, Hanym/Ханйм, uz, Xonim/Хоним, az, Xanım, tr, Hanım, fa, خانم, hi, ख़ानुम, bn, খাঁনম/খানম, ar, خانم, ur, خانم, sq, Hanëm) is a female royal and ...
, wife of Khan.
Nawab
Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi language, Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian language, Persian,
Punjabi language, Punjabi ,
Sindhi language, Sindhi,
Urd ...
*Nawabzada is a part of Nawab, son of Nawab.
Surnames built with ''-zada''
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Alizada
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Husaynzada
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Qulizada
See also
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Zadeh
Zadeh, also Zada, is a Persian patronymic suffix meaning 'descendant of' or 'born of' used in names mainly in Iran and Azerbaijan.
Notable people whose names contain 'Zadeh' include:
* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), mathematician, electrical en ...
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Mirza
Mirza may refer to:
* Mirza, Kamrup, town in Assam, India
* Mirza (name), historical royal title & noble
* ''Mirza'', the genus of giant mouse lemur
* "Mirza", song by Nino Ferrer
* ''Mirza – The Untold Story'', Punjabi action romance film wri ...
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Pathan
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
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Family name affixes
Family name affixes are a clue for surname etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes.
Prefixes
* A – (Romanian) "son of"
* Ab – (Welsh, Cornish, Breton) "son of"
* Af – (Danish, ...
Notes
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Name suffixes
Titles