| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | black |
Aswad is a male Arabic given name that means "black" (also used for people of black complexion).
People named Aswad include:
- Aswad ibn Yazid (died 74/75 AH), narrator of hadith
People using it in their patronymic include:
- Miqdad ibn Aswad (died 33 AH), companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
- Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad (born 1952), former government minister in Iraq
Other uses
Other uses of the word include:
- Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria[1]
- Hajarul Aswad, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca
- Aswad, British reggae group
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
- أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad), Black September.
See also
References
- ↑ A. M. Rosenthal, On My Mind; A Tour Of Syria, New York Times, October 25, 1994. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
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