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Musharraf
مشرفSay it mu-SHAR-raf
- Meaning today
- Honoured, exalted
- Original meaning
- "elevated or exalted in rank; ennobled" Lane, p. 1539
- Say it
- mu-SHAR-raf
- Written
- مشرف
- Other spellings
- Mosharraf, Musharaf
Musharraf
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Musharraf meaning
Musharraf (مشرف) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Elevated or exalted in rank; ennobled
Also used to mean: honoured
Musharraf (مشرف) is the Arabic musharraf, from sharaf, "nobility, honour". Lane's lexicon defines it as elevated or exalted in rank, condition or estimation, or ennobled, an epithet applied to a man. Lane also notes an unrelated sense, cloth dyed with a red clay called sharaf. Name lists give the meaning as "honoured" or "exalted", matching the dictionary. Mosharraf is the usual Bengali spelling, as in the 19th-century novelist Mir Mosharraf Hossain. The name is also used as a surname in Pakistan.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, p. 1539 · entry musharraf (مُشَرَّف), root sh-r-f · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, musharraf, p. 1539 · Wikipedia, Musharraf (name) · Wikipedia, Mosharraf Hossain
Famous namesakes
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Bengali novelist
Spellings
Musharraf · Mosharraf · Musharaf