Abdulayev
Abdulayev (Template:Lang-ru; masculine) or Abdulayeva (Template:Lang; feminine) is an Azerbaijani,Template:Citation needed Russian,<ref name="Ganzhina">Ganzhina, p. 10</ref> and Central Asian surname.Template:Citation needed Variants of this surname include Abdalin/Abdalina (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), Abdulin/Abdulina (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), Abdullayev/Abdullayeva (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), Abdullin/Abdullina (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), Abdulov/Abdulova (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), Babdulin/Babdulina (Template:Lang/Template:Lang), and Babdullin/Babdullina (Template:Lang/Template:Lang).<ref name="Ganzhina" />
All these surnames derive from various forms of the given name Abdullah (Abdulla), which itself is derived from Arabic "abd allāh", meaning god's servant or god's slave.<ref name="Ganzhina" />
- People with the surname
- Eldar Abdulayev (born 1985), Kazakhstani ice-hockey player
- Erkebek Abdulaev (Abdulayev), author and former KGB lieutenant colonel
- Guerman Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Russian judoka
- Jahongir Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Uzbekistani freestyle belt wrestling gold medalist at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games
- Levan Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Georgian association football player for FC Kakheti Telavi in 2007–2008
- Magomed Abdulayev, Prime Minister under Magomedsalam Magomedov, the President of the Republic of Dagestan in Russia in 2010–2013
- Mubariz Abdulayev, Azerbaijani kickboxer who lost to Albert Kraus, Dutch kickboxer, in 2012
- Muhamedzhan Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Kyrgyzstani association football player for FC Manas
- Murad Abdulaev (Abdulayev), mixed martial artist who lost to Alexander Yakovlev in 2013
- Murtazali Abdulayev, association football player in reserve during the 2010 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season
- Mustafa Abdulayev, one of the Russian official Islam clerics who organized public theological discussions with Kunta-haji, Chechen Muslim mystic
- Natella Abdulaeva (Abdulayeva), costume designer for Sinead Kerr, Scottish ice dancer
- Omar Abdulayev (born 1978), Tajikistani GITMO detainee
- Tagir Abdulaev (Abdulayev), Russian heavyweight judoka at the 1994 Goodwill Games
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Sources
- И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001. ISBN 5-237-04101-9
