boy name · Source-indexed record
Ashtar
أشطر
Ashtar was the nickname of Malik bin al-Harith an-Nakha`ee, a brave Muslim figure and close companion of Ali bin Abi Talib. Ashtar means one whose eyelashes are curved backwards,one whose eye is torn.
- Arabic spelling
- أشطر
- Pronunciation
- AHSH-tahrAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicLinguistic inference
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- A
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Ashtar
Ashtar is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Ashtar was the nickname of Malik bin al-Harith an-Nakha`ee, a brave Muslim figure and close companion of Ali bin Abi Talib. Ashtar means one whose eyelashes are curved backwards,one whose eye is torn.”. Its origin label is inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.