| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Negaro |
Aswad is a male Arabic given name that means "black", "Black African".
People named Aswad include:
- Aswad ibn Yazid, narrator of hadith
People using it in their patronymic include:
- Miqdad ibn Aswad, companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad
- Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad, former government minister in Iraq
Other uses
Other uses of the word include:
- Al-Abd Al-Aswad, a form of torture noted in Syria[1]
- Hajarul Aswad, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca
- Aswad (band)
- Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)
- أيلول الأسود (aylūl al-aswad), Black September.
See also
References
- ^ A. M. Rosenthal, On My Mind; A Tour Of Syria, New York Times, October 25, 1994. Retrieved 2012-05-30.