Nilüfer

Nilüfer is a Turkish female given name of Persian origin.

Origin and meaning

Nilüfer (Arabic-Persian Nilūfar ) is a Persian name of Indo-European origin and related to Greek Nenuphar or Greek-Latin Nenufar (“lotus flower”, “water lily”; see also yellow pond rose ).

Name bearers

Nilüfer Akbal (* 1969), Zaza-Kurdish singer
Nilüfer Demir (* 1986), Turkish photographer
Nilüfer Göle (* 1953), Turkish sociologist
Nilüfer Hatun (12 ** - 13 **), wife of Orhan I. and mother of Murad I.
Nilüfer Örer (* 1976), Turkish pop musician
Nilüfer Yumlu (* 1955), Turkish pop singer, known as Nilüfer

places

Nilüfer (Bursa) is a district town in the Turkish province of Bursa

Individual evidence

^ Nilüfer on vornames-weltweit.de
↑ Nilüfer on behalf dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish).
↑ Franz Babinger: Nilufer Khatun. In: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition . Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, CE Bosworth , E. van Donzel and WP Heinrichs. Brill, 2009.
↑ Nabil Osman (Ed.): Small lexicon of German words of Arabic origin. 3rd edition Munich 1992, p. 96

[1] Nilüfer on vornames-weltweit.de

[2] Nilüfer on behalf dictionary of the Turkish language (Turkish).

[3] Franz Babinger: Nilufer Khatun. In: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition . Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, CE Bosworth , E. van Donzel and WP Heinrichs. Brill, 2009.

[4] Nabil Osman (Ed.): Small lexicon of German words of Arabic origin. 3rd edition Munich 1992, p. 96