About Samy Wahib Expertise I can send you Arabic words as links of wav files for spoken Arabic and jpg files for written Arabic.
I am a full time technical translator from English to Arabic since 1982 I am ready to translate short passages (no more than 100 words) from english to arabic or vice versa for free. I give also advice for people willing to travel to Egypt and touristic and cultural information about Egypt.
Experience 26 years experience as full time translator
Education/Credentials University degree
Past/Present clients Most Multinational companies working in Middle East
Arabic - Dawlat and the Egyptian Star Dawlat Abyad
Expert: Samy Wahib - 11/12/2006
Question Hi,
My name is Dawlat. And I have had a hard time finding the menaing of my name. I have discovered that it is a name of a few cities in the middle east. I'm not of arabic desent, but love my name. I just neeed to know what it means and is it a popular name. Oh, I also seen a picture of a man named Dawlat. Is it a male or female name? female I hope.
Thank you,
Dawlat
Answer Hi Dawlat
This is a real lovely and interesting question
here is a web address of the famous late star of Egyptian movies in 20th century
HER NAME IS DAWLAT ABYAD http://www.mashyhealth.com/indexhealth.pl/dawlt_abyad
Dawlat is a royal female name of turkish and persian origin
for example:
Dawlah: Wealth, authority of state
In Arabic we still use the term Dawlah for example:
Dawlat Al Kuwait = State of Kuwait
The State = Al Dawlat
Dawlat Khatoon: She was from a ruling family.
I have the impression that it is even older from Indian and Tataric Origin from the time of Gankiz Khan
Anyway Dawlat is a female name which was very common in wealthy egyptian families in 19th and 20th century as documented by old egyptian movies
I already have a neighbour a wealthy noble old lady named Dawlat like you.
this name is rarely used in 21 century
Dawlat as a male name is very very rare and in Turkey and Persian only.
For Example another name Nasrat is a male name in Arabic meaning Victory but used as a female name in pakistani like Nasrat Boto the old widow of Zulfaqar Ali Boto.
Best Regards
Pleased to meet you Dawlat Hanem
Dawlat Hanem = Noble Royal Lady Dawlat
Samy Wahib
