Zulma is a feminine
given name
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that derives from the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
Sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
named
Suleiman the Magnificent and some say it is also derives from the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
"shâlôm", meaning "peace, completeness (in number), safety, soundness (in body), welfare, health, prosperity, quiet, tranquility, contentment, friendship, of human relationships, with god especially in covenant relationship".
Art and literature
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Zulma Bouffar
Zulma Madeleine Boufflar, known as Zulma Bouffar, (24 May 1841 – 20 January 1909), was a French actress and soprano singer, associated with the opéra-bouffe of Paris in the second half of the 19th century who enjoyed a successful career a ...
(1841–1909), French entertainer
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Zulma Carraud
Zulma Carraud (24 March 1796 – 24 April 1889) was a French author. She is best known for her children's books and textbooks particularly ''La Petite Jeanne ou le devoir'' and ''Maurice ou le travail''.
Early and family life
Carraud was born o ...
(1796–1889), French author
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Zulma Faiad
Zulma Aurora Faiad (born February 21, 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine vedette and actress.
Biography
Zulma Faiad grew up with her sister Virginia Faiad in the bosom of an Argentine middle-class family. Her father was Jacinto F ...
(born 1944), Argentinian entertainer
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Zulma Steele
Zulma Steele (1881–1979) was one of the pioneering women of the Arts and Crafts movement and Modernism in New York. American arts journalist for the ''New York Times'' Grace Glueck noted that Steele was a "progressive-minded artist and artisa ...
(1881–1979), American artist
Other persons
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Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini (born 1944), Argentinian scientist
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Zulma Hernández
Zulma Yared Hernández García (born 2 August 1998) is a Mexican footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club América and the Mexico women's national team.
International career
Hernández made her senior debut for ...
(born 1998), Mexican footballer
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Zulma Yugar Zulma Yugar (born January 6, 1952 in Oruro, Bolivia) is a Bolivian politician and folk singer with international recognition and influence. She has served as Minister of Culture of Bolivian President Evo Morales' second term.
Yugar served on the j ...
(born 1952), Bolivian politician
See also
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Zulmasuchus
References
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Hebrew feminine given names