Samira
| Samira | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sæˈmiːrə/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic |
| Meaning |
Persian and Arabic: entertaining companion Sanskrit: gust of wind or a cool gentle breeze Unknown: Wisdom |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Samantha, Samir |
Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, Persian: سميرا Arabic: سميرة Sanskrit: समीरा) is a female given name which has its various origins in Sanskrit, Persian, and Arabic as well as being common to other Semitic languages.
In Persian, Samira is the first part of Semiramis's name (/sɛˈmɪrəməs/ Assyrian: ܫܲܡܝܼܪܵܡ, Greek: Σεμίραμις, Armenian: Շամիրամ ) who was a Persian princess, a Babylonian warrior, and the legendary wife of King Ninus who succeeded him to the throne of Assyria. Nearly every stupendous work of antiquity by the Euphrates or in Iran seems to have ultimately been ascribed to her, including the Behistun Inscription of Darius. Herodotus ascribes to her the artificial banks that confined the Euphrates and knows her name as borne by a gate of Babylon. However, Diodorus stresses that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built long after Semiramis.
The spelling of the Sanskrit-derived name can change depending on the language, as in the Bengali version Somira. Samirah is also a common Arabic name from the root s-m-r relating to the masdar tasāmur (Arabic: تسامر) ultimately meaning she who is of pleasant company. The masculine version of this name is Samir (Arabic: سمير).[1]
People
- Samira
- Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), Iranian film director
- Samira Denise Wiley (born April 15, 1987), American actress and model
- Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter
- Samira Bellil (1972–2004), French feminist working for the rights of women in traditional Muslim settings
- Samira Besic, German of Bosnian origins singer with the Eurodance group Maxx
- Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer
- Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife
- Samira Tewfik (born 1935), Lebanese Syrian singer of Bedouin dialect
- Sameera
- Sameera Aziz, Saudi media personality, journalist, film director, producer, writer, businesswoman
- Sameera Al Bitar (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Bahrain
- Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist
- Sameera Perera (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Sameera Reddy (born 1980), Indian film actress
- Sameera Saneesh, Indian costume designer in Malayalam films
- Sameera Sullivan, American dating expert, matchmaker, and image consultant
See also
References
- ↑ "H. Anthony Salmoné, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary, سَمَرَ". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-27. horizontal tab character in
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