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[Facts] Re: what does my name mean ?

by Lala (guest)

10/12/2004, 4:59 PM

Where did you find out Tamreen is Arabic? Hebrew and Arabic are connected languages you know. Where did you parents get this name from? That might help us a bit.

Lala

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- Tamreen (guest) +9

10/12/2004, 5:36 PM

My mother was going to name Noreen, but then my parents decided to change the name to Tamreen because my late grandpa having studied arabic thought it would be nicer name. he apparently actually knew what it mean, but everyone else in the family seems to have forgotten.

my middle name also causes confusion: Jehan. what does that mean ? can anyone help ?

have discovered with much dismay that there is HORSE named Tamreen !!!

- Chrisell +8

10/12/2004, 5:49 PM

Jehan is probably a variation of Jehanne, an older French form of Jeanne (Jane) - click on the hyperlinks for details.

:-)

- Miss Claire +2

10/12/2004, 6:18 PM

Jehan is the masculine form of Jehanne. :) They are prononced like Jean (zhawn, like ANdre) and Jeanne (zhan).

- Chrisell +1

10/12/2004, 7:34 PM

:-) I know . . .

. . . I was assuming that she was American, where spelling is optional lol :-)

- Miss Claire

10/13/2004, 9:12 AM

oh ok lol

- Tamreen (guest) +4

10/12/2004, 6:02 PM

i am aware of the Jeanne variation, the only problem is i am bengali and Jehanne is from french origin. i kinda think my mom didn't think of that one. she took the name because of its arabic origin (she claims that it is arabic). also, my middle name is spelled in the masculin when comparing to Jehanne. :-)

my mom says that Jehan meant "the world" in arabic (not sure about this). can anyone give me any information about this ? it would be greatly appreciated.

- Miss Claire +3

10/12/2004, 6:19 PM

"jehan" means "world" in Turkish :)

- Tamreen (guest) +2

10/12/2004, 6:26 PM

Now i finally can confirm this. thanks a heap. however (there's always a however) what does Tamreen mean? could it also turn out to be Turkish, anyone out there who can confirm this ?

also, my last name (often used as a first name for men): Arif is supposed to mean in "the one who has the knowledge, the knower", in arabic. is this true?

still can't get over the fact that there's a HORSE NAMED TAMREEN. how sad!

- dacari (guest)

11/9/2004, 12:57 PM

my name is arabic but what does it mean?

- Miss Claire

10/13/2004, 9:14 AM

I'm sorry I can't help with this... My knowledge of Turkish is close to zero lol
But look for "tamreen" or "tamrin" in a Turkish/English dictionary, and see what you find... You're lucky because Turkish is written with the same letters as English, contrary to other Arabic languages :)

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