ʿAnbasah
عنبسة
Say it AN-ba-sah
The lion
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-n-b-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Anbasa, Anbasah
Meaning & source
The lion: Lisān says al-ʿanbas is among the names of the lion, and as a proper name it becomes ʿAnbasah.
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عنبس: العَنْبَس: مِنْ أَسماء الأَسد، إِذا نَعَتَّه قُلْتَ عَنْبَس وعُنابِس، وإِذا خَصَصْتَهُ بِاسْمٍ قُلْتَ عَنْبَسَة كَمَا يُقَالُ أُسامة وسَاعدة.
Who carried this name
- ʿAnbasah ibn Umayyah al-Jumaḥī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 6089 (vol. 4, p. 610)