ʿAqīlah
عقيلة
Say it ʿa-QEE-lah
Noble; the finest of anything
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʿ-q-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Aqila, Aqeela, Akila
Meaning & source
A noble, well-guarded woman; the ʿaqīlah of anything is its finest, and the ʿaqīlah of the sea is its pearl (Lisān).
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والعَقِيلة مِنَ النِّسَاءِ: الكَريمةُ المُخَدَّرة
Who carried this name
- ʿAqīlah bint ʿAtīk al-ʿUtwāriyyah, one of the emigrant women who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11489 (vol. 8, p. 241)