The story behind Selahattin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صلاحالدین, borrowed from Arabic صلاح الدين (“righteousness of the religion”).
Pronunciation
Turkish: /se.la.hatˈtin/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Turkish: /se.laːtˈtin/
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Names Similar to Selahattin
Saifuddin
From Arabic سَيْفُ ٱلدِين (sayfu d-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- similar length
- same starting sound
Saladinus
A Latinized form of the Arabic صَلَاح الدِّين (ṣalāḥ ad-dīn)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- same syllable count
- similar length
Salsabila
Borrowed from Arabic سَلْسَبِيلًا (salsabīlan), a form of سَلْسَبِيل (salsabīl, “Salsabil”), a Quranic hapax only attested on QS 76:18.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- same syllable count
- similar length
Şemsettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس الدین (şems ed-din), from Arabic شَمْس الدِّين (šams ad-dīn, “sun of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- similar length
- same starting sound
Süleyman
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلیمان (Süleymân), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), from Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- similar length
- same starting sound
Syamsuddin
From Arabic شَمْسُ ٱلدِين (šamsu d-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- similar length
- same starting sound
Middle Names for Selahattin
Aaliyah
Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abacar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abdala
From Old Galician-Portuguese Abdalla, from Arabic عَبْدُ الله (ʕabdu llāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Selahattin
Abdeslam
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱلسَّلَام (ʕabdu s-salām).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abdoella
Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Abdoulaye
A French spelling of a name ultimately derived from Arabic عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ (ʕabdu llāhi), i.e. Abdullah. Native spellings include Wolof Abdulaay and Pulaar Abdullaye etc.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length