Sinan (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: سنان ''sinān'') is a name found in

and Early Arabic, meaning ''spearhead''. The name may also be related to the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

name

Sinon In Greek mythology, Sinon (Ancient Greek: Σίνων, from the verb "σίνομαι"—''sinomai'', "to harm, to hurt") or Sinopos was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. He is not mentioned by Homer, but his story is given in the ''Aene ...

. It was used as a male given name.

Etymology

The word is possibly stems from the

verb سَنَّ ''sanna'', which means to "grind, sharpen, to make a point or dot". Another older meaning probably refer to "

age Age or AGE may refer to: Time and its effects * Age, the amount of time someone has been alive or something has existed ** East Asian age reckoning, an Asian system of marking age starting at 1 * Ageing or aging, the process of becoming older ...

", 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 A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with Fire hardening, fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable materia ...

lance The English term lance is derived, via Middle English '' launce'' and Old French '' lance'', from the Latin '' lancea'', a generic term meaning a wikt:lancea#Noun">lancea'', a generic term meaning a spear">wikt:lancea#Noun">lancea'', a generi ...

(t)" which could possibly have a symbolic connotation representing a pointed arch, some referring to the niche of a ''

mihrab ''Mihrab'' (, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "''qibla'' wall". ...

'', since the mihrab represent the "point, direction" of prayer to the Ka'abah in Islam. In a ''hadith'' narrated by Abu Juhaifa in ''

Sahih al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

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

Aisha Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...

'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

, 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 times, generally used as a common Turkish baby name. Notable people with the name Sinan include: *

Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ Sinān ibn al-Fatḥ was an Arab mathematician from Ḥarrān Harran is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 904 km2, and its population is 96,072 (2022). It is approximately southea ...

(10th century), mathematician from Ḥarrān *

Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...

(1489–1588), chief architect and civil engineer for three Ottoman sultans * Khaled bin Sinan, pre-Islamic prophet * Sinan ibn Thabit, Sabian scholar and Abbasid court 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) Sinanuddin Yusuf Pasha or in short Sinan Pasha ( or ''Sinan-paša''; died 21 December 1553) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha), who served in the Ottoman Navy for nearly four years between 1550 and the end of 1553, duri ...

(died 1553), in full Sinanüddin Yusuf Pasha, Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy *

Hadım Sinan Pasha Hadım Sinan Pasha (, a, ; ; died 22 January 1517) was a Bosnian- Ottoman nobleman, politician and statesman. He served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1517. He was a eunuch. Life Early life Sinan Pasha was of Bosnian d ...

(died 1517), Ottoman grand vizier *

Sinan Reis Sinan Reis, also ''Ciphut Sinan'', (, ''Sinan Rais''; , ''Sinan Rayyis'';) "Sinan the Chief", and , "Sinan the Jew", was a Barbary corsair who sailed under and was second in command of the famed Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa. Life ...

(died 1546?), Sephardic Jewish Barbary corsair and lieutenant to Hayreddin Barbarossa *

Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (also known as ''Cağaloğlu Yusuf Sinan Pasha''; 1545–1605), his epithet meaning "son of Cicala", was an Ottoman Italian statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier for forty days between 27 October to 5 De ...

(c. 1545–1605), Ottoman statesman of Italian background * Sinan-paša Sijerčić (died 1806), Bosniak Commander of the Ottoman Army

Post-19th century

Hakan Karahan Hakan Karahan (born 1 January 1960), also known with his pseudonym Sinan, is a Turkish writer and songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song c ...

(born 1960), Turkish writer who uses pseudonym Sinan

Given name

* Sinan Abdullah (born 1947), Iranian-American Mandaean dentist and community leader * 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 Sinan Alimanović (born 11 February 1954) is a Bosnian jazz pianist, organist, composer, conductor, arranger and educator. Biography Sinan Alimanović has worked with American and European jazz musicians such as Randy Brecker, Harvie S, Duško ...

(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 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 (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 Pasha Sijerčić (died 1806), Ottoman Pasha from the Bosnia Eyalet * Sinan Ramović (born 1992), Bosnian footballer *

Sinan Sakić Sinan Sakić (; 13 October 1956 – 1 June 2018) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. Sakić first reached massive popularity as a member of the Yugoslav turbo-folk band, Južni Vetar (''Southern Wind''). He also went on to have a successful car ...

(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

Surname

* Asif Sinan, Pakistani Indian classical and jazz musician

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