Nur al-Din

Nur al-Din () is a male Arabic given name, translating to 'light of Faith', ''nūr'' meaning 'light' and ''dīn'' meaning 'religion'. More recently, the name has also been used as a surname.

There are many Romanized spelling variants of the name. The element نور can be spelled ''Nur'', ''Noor'', ''Nor'', ''Nour or Nuer. ''The element دين can be spelled either ''Din'', ''Deen'' or ''Dine''. The definite article in front of the "sun letter" ''d'' is realized only as a gemination /dː/, the Arabic pronunciation being /nuːrudːiːn/.

Syntactically, the name is an ''iḍāfah'' (genitive construction), in full vocalization ''nūru d-dīni''. Consequently, depending on the system of Romanization, the definite article can be rendered as ''al'', ''ad'', ''ud'', ''ed'' or ''d''.

Among the variant romanized spellings in common use are ''Nuraddin'', ''Nureddin'', ''Noureddin'', ''Noureddine'', ''Nooradeen'', ''Nordeen'', ''Nourdin'', ''Noordine'', ''Nordine'', ''Nuradin'', ''Nurdin'', ''Nooruldeen''; scientific transliterations are ''Nur ad-Din'', ''Nur-ud-Din'', ''Nur al-Din'', etc. Provided by Wikipedia