Etymology question

Arabic translation: Munificent

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English term or phrase:	منعم
Arabic translation:	Munificent
Entered by:	Fuad Yahya

18:45 May 12, 2003

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English term or phrase: Etymology question

A customer doing some research on Argentine presidents is asking us whether we know if the Arabian surname "Menem" has any meaning in Arabic. Also, any information on the etymology will be apprecciated.

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Munificent

Explanation:
"Menem" comes from the Arabic word MUN`IM, which is a divine attribute menaing "munificent."

The full name is `ABDULMUN'IM, which means "servant of the Munificent One." In Arabic it is written عبد المنعم

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Fuad Yahya

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Munificent

Fuad Yahya

donor, giver, donator, volunteer.

Sami Khamou

1 +1

Bestower

Shazly

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Munificent

Fuad Yahya
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English
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donor, giver, donator, volunteer.

Explanation:
Menem or Mun'im" has other meanings such as:

donor, giver, donator, volunteer.

Sami Khamou
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Arabic
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Bestower

Explanation:
Bestower has been used in the Noble Qur’an as الوهاب, which is precise equivalent of Monenm that means, “Give as a gift” or “Grant”.
Usually “Bestower” is not used as a Noun but the Qur’an has used it frequently as above.

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Note added at 2003-05-12 20:13:57 (GMT)
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Menem is pronounced as Mun\'im

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of:

Arabic
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