Masih (name)
Proper name of Arabic origin meaning 'Messiah' or 'Christ' / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Masih (Arabic: مسيح, romanized: Masīḥ), also spelled Mesih or Maseeh, is a name of Arabic origin which means 'Messiah' or 'Christ'. The word Masīḥ is the Arabic form of the Hebrew title Māshīaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ) or the Greek title Khristós (Χριστός), meaning "anointed one". It is used as a name and title for Jesus in the Quran, and is also the common word used by Arab Christians for Christ.[1]
Masih is also a common Christian surname in India and Pakistan (Hindi: मसीह, Urdu: مسیح).[2] Some people in India and Pakistan have adopted the surname Masih after their conversion to Christianity.[3]
In Mughal India (1526–1857), Christians such as the Bourbons of India were honoured with the title Masih.[4]