What is "maryam"

Maryam is a 2002 film about a young woman who is an Iranian immigrant living in the United States at the time of the Iran hostage crisis. The film was written and directed by Ramin Serry. Mariam Parris plays the young woman. The film also features Shaun Toub as her father, Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother, and David Ackert as her cousin, Ali, who becomes an Islamic fundamentalist.

Maryam was featured in the third Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival in 2001.

The word "Maryam" is the Aramaic name of Mary, the mother of Jesus and means the same in Persian language. Maryam also means Tuberose in Persian and is a common first name in Iran.

Sūrat Maryam (, " Mary") is the 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an and is a Makkan sura with 98 ayat (verses). It is named after Maryam (Mary), Mother of Isa ( Jesus), who appears in verses 16-34. Theodor Nöldeke's chronology identifies this sura as the 58th sura delivered, while the traditional Egyptian chronology places it as the 44th.

Maryam or Mariam is the Arabic name of Mary the mother of Jesus and of Miriam, the sister of Moses. It is also the form normally used in most indigenous languages of the Middle East, including Aramaic, Armenian, Georgian, and Persian, as well as the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Somali. Other languages of the Middle East in addition use a form similar to it (rather than the Latinate Maria or Mary), e.g. the Kurdish and Turkish Meryem and the Azerbaijani Məryəm.

Being originally the name of Miriam, the name may have originated from the Egyptian language, like possibly Moses; it is likely derivative of the words mry "beloved" or mr "love" or the derived ancient Egyptian name Meritamen or Meri-Amun, "beloved of the God Amun". Other suggestions include the word root m-r-r "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or the Hebrew root (מרי m-r-y) "rebellious", or even possibly "wished-for child", or "strong waters". Maryam is also a name of a flower ( tuberose) in the Persian language.

Maryam may refer to:

• Maryam (name) (Aramaic and Arabic for Mary), a female given name (includes a list of people with this name)
• Maryam (sura), 19th sura of the Qur'an
• Maryam (film), 2002 film about a young Iranian immigrant living in the US during the Iran hostage crisis
• Maryam, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Mosque Maryam, a large mosque in Chicago, Illinois, and headquarters of the Nation of Islam religious movement
• 85471 Maryam, an asteroid
• Maryam (TV series), Pakistani drama aired on Geo TV network

Maryam is a 1953 Iranian film directed by Mehdi Besharatian and starring Ali Zandi.