ʿĀʾishah
عائشة
Say it AA-i-shah
Living, alive
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʿ-y-sh
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Aisha, Aishah, Ayesha, Aysha, Ayşe
Meaning & source
Living, alive: from ʿaysh, life. Lisān lists ʿĀʾishah under this root.
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وعائشةُ: اسمُ امرأَة.
Who carried this name
- ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr, Mother of the Believers Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11461 (vol. 8, p. 231)
- ʿĀʾishah bint Qudāmah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11468 (vol. 8, p. 236)