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Thread #128475   Message #2879778
Posted By: Little Hawk
05-Apr-10 - 12:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Obama disappoints again
Subject: RE: BS: Obama disappoints again
Here you go:

"Husein, Hussein, Husain, Hussain, Husayin, Hussayin, Huseyin, Husseyin, Huseyn, Husseyn (Arabic: ÍÓیä Ḥussayn), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good" or "handsome" or "beautiful". It is commonly given as a male given name among Muslims, in honor of Husayn ibn Ali (626-680 AD), although the name is so common it is also given to persons of secular backgrounds. In some Persian sources the forms Ḥosayn, Hosayn, or Hossein is used [1]. The Turkish form is Hüseyin. On the Indian sub-continent, the form used is "Husein"