Omar
[ˈoʊmɑːr]Meaning
alternate transcription of Arabic Umar; also a Hebrew name meaning "speak, say"
Background Story
Omar is the usual English spelling of the Arabic name Umar, and is used in African American, Azerbaijani, Central African, Hausa, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek and Western African. It is also a separate Hebrew name, derived from ʾamar, meaning "speak, say", borne by a son of Eliphaz in the Old Testament. In the English-speaking world it has sometimes been used in honour of the 12th-century poet Umar Khayyam, notably for the American general Omar Bradley.
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