ʿAfīf
عفيف
Say it a-FEEF
Chaste, restrained
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-f-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Afif, Afeef
Meaning & source
Chaste: ʿiffah is holding back from what is unlawful or unseemly. Lisān: “ʿAfīf, a man’s name, is from it.”
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عفف: العِفّة: الكَفُّ عَمَّا لَا يَحِلّ ويَجْمُلُ.