Dhakwān
ذكوان
Say it dhak-WAAN
Blazing; a tree
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- dh-k-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Dhakwan, Zakwan, Thakwan
Meaning & source
From dhakā, the blazing up of a fire; Ibn al-Aʿrābī (in Lisān) also says al-dhakwān is a kind of tree.
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ابْنُ الأَعرابي: الذَّكْوَان شَجَرٌ، الواحدةُ ذَكْوَانَةٌ.
Who carried this name
- Dhakwān ibn ʿAbd Qays al-Anṣārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2442 (vol. 2, p. 338)