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Tāriq is the transliteration of an Arabic given name (or Berber), written in script as طارق.
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Meaning
The name Tariq from the Sufi tradition (the Tariqas orders) has three related meanings in the Arabic language:
Ṭāriq is the noun to the Arabic verb ṭaraqa (Arabic: طرق meaning "messenger / knocking") and for this reason means deliverer of messages / the knocking one.
The second meaning is the meaning from the Qur'an, where ṭāriq is the name of the morning star, which is described as the shining star which leads the way. More recent discoveries about pulsar stars have prompted some scholars to associate those Neutronic stars with ṭāriq, where knocking equates pulsing.1
And the third meaning is a traveler through the night, more specifically, pathbreaker or finder. He who leads the way.citation needed
Famous people
- Tareq Al-Suwaidan, Kuwaiti intellectual, entrepreneur, Islamic scholar and reformer.
- Tarik Ergin, actor who played the part of Lieutenant Ayala in Star Trek: Voyager
- Tarik Filipović, actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina who works in Croatia
- Tarik Glenn, American football offensive tackle playing for the Indianapolis Colts
- Salman Tarik Kureshi, English language Pakistani poet who has also edited many anthologies of poetry
- Tarik O'Regan, British composer living in New York City, USA
- Tarik Samarah, Bosnian photographer who works in artistic and documentary photography
- Tarik Sektioui, Moroccan football (soccer) player
- Tarek Saab, businessman, CEO of Lionheart Apparel; candidate on The Apprentice 5
- Tariq ibn-Ziyad, one of the Arab conquerors of the Iberian Peninsula in 711
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French NBA basketball player formerly known as Olivier Saint-Jean
- Tariq Ali
- Tariq Nasheed Author,lecturer
- Tariq Anwar
- Tariq Aziz, former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein
- Tariq Ramadan, Swiss academic and Islamic theologian
- Tariq Hussain, Omani cricketer
- Tariq Hussain, Canadian musician and radio personality
- Tariq (actor), Indian actor best known for his leading roles in two 1970s Bollywood blockbusters, Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977)
- Lord Tariq, rap artist that had collaborations with Peter Gunz
- Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, lead artist from the rap group The Roots
- Tariq Bin Afif, game designer known for the "Life" editions and successful Saudi Arabian businessman
- Tariq Al-Jaffali, A Saudi Arabian Businessman who was Engaged to Lebanese Supermodel Haifa Wahbe
- Tarick Salmaci, boxer who featured on the TV show The Contender
Others meanings of the word
- At-Tariq, a sura of the Qur'an
- Jabal Tariq or Rock of Gibraltar
- Pepsi Tarik, soft drink that combines the taste of coffee and Pepsi cola
- Teh tarik, type of tea which can be bought in restaurants and outdoor stalls in Malaysia
- Tarik, Sidoarjo, a subdistrict of Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia
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