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Mushtaq
مشتاقSay it mush-TAAQ
- Meaning today
- Longing, eager
- Original meaning
- "desirous, yearning or longing in the soul" Lane, p. 1620
- Say it
- mush-TAAQ
- Written
- مشتاق
- Other spellings
- Mushtaque, Mustaq
Mushtaq
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Mushtaq meaning
Mushtaq (مشتاق) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Desirous, yearning or longing in the soul
Also used to mean: eager
Mushtaq (مشتاق) is the Arabic mushtāq, from shawq, "longing, yearning". Lane's lexicon defines it with shayyiq as desirous, or yearning and longing in the soul; the root verb shāqa means to fill someone with longing. Name lists give the meaning as "longing" or "eager", matching the dictionary. A well-known bearer was Syed Mushtaq Ali (1914–2005), the first Indian batsman to score a Test century abroad, after whom India's domestic Twenty20 trophy is named.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, p. 1620 · entry mushtāq (مُشْتَاق), see shayyiq, root sh-w-q · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, shayyiq, mushtāq, p. 1620 · Wikipedia, Syed Mushtaq Ali
Famous namesakes
- Syed Mushtaq Ali (1914–2005), Indian Test cricketer
Spellings
Mushtaq · Mushtaque · Mustaq