Barzah
برزة
Say it BAR-zah
Trusted, dignified woman
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- b-r-z
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Barza, Barzah
Meaning & source
A dignified woman whose judgment and chastity are trusted, who sits openly with people (Lisān).
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وامرأَة بَرْزَة: مَوْثُوقٌ برأْيها وَعَفَافِهَا.
Who carried this name
- Barzah bint Masʿūd al-Thaqafiyyah, wife of Ṣafwān ibn Umayyah, who became Muslim with him Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10918 (vol. 8, p. 46)
- Barzah bint al-Ḥārith al-Hilāliyyah, mother of Yazīd ibn al-Aṣamm Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10917 (vol. 8, p. 46)