Bashīrah
بشيرة
Say it ba-SHEE-rah
Fair of face
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- b-sh-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Bashira, Basheera, Bashirah
Meaning & source
Fair of face: the bashīr is the handsome one, and a woman bashīrah (Lisān).
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والبَشِيرُ: الْجَمِيلُ، والمرأَة بَشِيرَة.
Who carried this name
- Bashīrah bint al-Ḥārith al-Ẓafariyyah, who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10940 (vol. 8, p. 52)
- Bashīrah bint Thābit al-Anṣāriyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10941 (vol. 8, p. 52)