Murat is a French surname and Turkish male given name, derived from the Arabic Murad. Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into "wanted",[1] "desired", "wished for", "yearned", or "goal".

It may refer to:

Given name

Ottoman nobility

  • Murad I (1326–1389), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389
  • Murad II (1404–1451), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451
  • Murad III (1546–1595), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595
  • Murad IV (1612–1640), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640
  • Murad V (1840–1904), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876

Surname

See also

References

  1. Leslau, Wolf (1990). "Introduction". Arabic Loanwords in Ethiopian Semitic. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. XIII. ISBN 9783447030007. Retrieved 15 September 2017 via Google Books.
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