AKBAR

  

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AKBAR

Date "AKBAR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)


Specialty Definition: AKBAR

DomainDefinition

Literature

Akbar An Arabic word, meaning "Very Great." Akbar-Khan, the "very great Khan," is applied especially to the Khan of Hindûstan who reigned 1556--1605. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: AKBAR

Specialty definitions using "AKBAR": Alla AkbarKingly TitlesSe lim. (references)
Non-English Usage: "AKBAR" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Indonesian (big, exalted, great).

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Modern Usage: AKBAR

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Allahu Akbar (1959)

Der Tiger Akbar (1951)

Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978)

Allahu Akbar (1977)

Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: AKBAR

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Harem of Aman Akbar (reference)

  • Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great (History of India No. 3) (reference)

  • Nobility under Akbar and Jahangir (reference)

  • Birds of a different plumage : a study of British-Indian relations from Akbar to Curzon (reference)

  • Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: AKBAR

Computer Images:
AKBAR

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Non-Fiction Usage: AKBAR

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Iran

In October 2000, Akbar Tajik-Saeeki, identified as the prayer leader at a Tehran mosque, reportedly was jailed by the SCC for signing a petition that protested the continued detention of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. (references)

Pakistan

In 1998 a Shi'a Muslim, Ghulam Akbar, was convicted of blasphemy for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed in 1995. He was sentenced to death, the first time a Muslim had been sentenced to death for a violation of the blasphemy law. (references)

Iran

Among those imprisoned were Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, the editor of a number of now-banned newspapers; Latif Safari, Shamsolvaezin's publisher; and independent journalists, such as Akbar Ganji, Ahmed Zeidabadi, Massoud Behnoud, Ebrahim Nabavi, and Ezzatollah Sahabi. (references)

Economic History

Iraq

Between the green stars written in Arabic: Allahu Akbar (God is great). (references)

Iran

In August 1989, Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, the speaker of the National Assembly, was elected President by an overwhelming majority. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

According to newspaper reports, Akbar also showed his injuries to the court. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

The DPR, under the chairmanship of Akbar Tandjung of the GOLKAR Party, has vigorously asserted its constitutional prerogatives, including its right to review government-proposed legislation, to question and challenge the President and members of his cabinet, and to provide a forum for public debate and presentation of grievances. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: AKBAR

"AKBAR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.04% of the time. "AKBAR" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)98.04%10032,668
Noun (singular)1.96%2245,945
                    Total100.00%102N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: AKBAR

The following table summarizes the usage of "AKBAR" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AkbarLast name1,00014,699
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: AKBAR

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "AKBAR": Hu-akbar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AKBAR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

akbar

125

akbar biamila gbaja

4

akbar hasan k sgt

70

akbar tami

4

akbar hasan sgt

25

akbar sgt

4

akbar hasan

23

akbar ahmed

3

akbar great

21

akbar emperor

3

allah akbar

16

akbar khans mahal taj

3

amar akbar anthony

15

akbar al

3

akbar restaurant

14

ustad ali akbar khan

3

akbar asan

12

akbar hassan

2

allahu akbar

10

akbar dr naim

2

akbar hasan k

10

akbar emperor mughal

2

ali akbar khan

10

akbar travel

2

akbar naim

8

ali akbar college

2

admiral akbar

5

akbar ali college music

2

akbar font

5

akbar nj restaurant

2

akbar skandar

5

akbar ganji

2

akbar im na

5

akbar pray

2

ali akbar

5

akbar mughal

2

akbar asan sgt

5

akbar skandor

2

akbar jeff

4

akbar king

2

akbar khan

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: AKBAR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kabar.

Words within the letters "a-a-b-k-r"

-1 letter: arak, bark, kbar.

-2 letters: aba, arb, ark, baa, bar, bra, kab.

-3 letters: aa, ab, ar, ba, ka.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-k-r"
 

+1 letter: kabars.

 

+2 letters: arabesk, barrack, bidarka, tanbark.

 

+3 letters: arabesks, backward, backwrap, backyard, baidarka, ballpark, bankcard, bareback, baresark, barracks, bidarkas, brakeage, brakeman, breakage, daybreak, drawback, grayback, hardback, shagbark, soapbark, tanbarks.

 

+4 letters: aerobrake, amberjack, backboard, backtrack, backwards, backwater, backwraps, backyards, baidarkas, ballparks, bankcards, baresarks, barracked, barracker, boardwalk, brakeages, breakable, breakages, breakaway, breakfast, canebrake, carryback, crackback, daybreaks, drawbacks, frankable, graybacks, hardbacks, jailbreak, karabiner, packboard, paperback, razorback, shagbarks, soapbarks, tackboard, trackball.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AKBAR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4B 42 41 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -.-    -...    .-    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001011 01000010 01000001 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#75 &#66 &#65 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004B 0042 0041 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3545363552

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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