ʿAfrāʾ
عفراء
Say it af-RAA
The thirteenth night
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʿ-f-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Afra, Afraa
Meaning & source
The thirteenth night of the lunar month; from ʿafar, an earthy, whitish hue.
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والعَفْراءُ مِنَ اللَّيَالِي: لَيْلَةُ ثلاثَ عشْرة.
Who carried this name
- ʿAfrāʾ bint ʿUbayd, mother of Muʿādh and Muʿawwidh Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11485 (vol. 8, p. 240)