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طَارِق
Tarık
TAH-ruhk
“Morning star (Turkish spelling).”
About Tarık
Tarık is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "morning star (turkish spelling)" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish spelling of Tariq. Surah 86 of the Qur'an is named At-Tariq.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Tarik, Tariq-tr
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Tarık's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Tarık
- What does the name Tarık mean?
- Tarık (طَارِق) means "Morning star (Turkish spelling)". Turkish spelling of Tariq. Surah 86 of the Qur'an is named At-Tariq.
- Is Tarık a name from the Qur'an?
- Tarık does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Tarık a boy or a girl name?
- Tarık is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Tarık come from?
- Tarık is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters Ṭ-R-Q.
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