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sharif

sharif

28 7.5
An Arabic male name and surname that means noble
  • proper noun
  • /ʃəˈriːf/
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  • Then, in 1988, he joined the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
  • Nawaz Sharif
  • Haram al-Sharif
  • al-Sharif

So with that, I'd like you to all welcome enthusiastically our Speaker, Soma Al Sharif.

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Examples

  • During 1996-99, he chaired the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University.

    Academic text (2002)
  • And he was gone from Mazar-e-Sharif when I got there two days later.

  • I came here to meet Sharif.

  • No, that was not my plan, lord Sharif.

  • Bhutto and Sharif must be allowed to move freely about the country.

    Academic text (2008)
  • One institution, Sharif University, remains well respected, with its students continuing to win in international Olympiads of science.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The village is home to the people of the Al Sharif tribe, which loosely translated means the saintly people.

  • General Graziani, may I present His Excellency, Sharif El Gariani.

  • In February 1999, at Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif's invitation, Vajpayee and his entourage traveled by bus to Lahore, Pakistan.

    Academic text (2002)
  • I came here to meet Sharif.

Synonyms

Sherif
vssharif
1 6.8

A male Arabic name meaning noble or honorable

has identical meaning but represents the name in the other spelling

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Sharif is an Arabic name from the root sharaf, 'honour', and it means 'noble' or 'honourable'. So when someone has the name Sharif, it signals that the person or their family is respected.