Tariq

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Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Urdu
Scripts طارق(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈtˤaː.riq/(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Means "visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic, from طرق (ṭaraqa) meaning "to knock" [1]. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.