Dīmah
دِيمَة
Say it DEE-mah
Quiet, lasting rain
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- d-w-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Dima, Deema, Dimah
Meaning & source
Rain that lasts long and falls quietly; Abū Zayd adds, without thunder or lightning (Tāj al-ʿArūs).
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والدِّيمَةُ، بالكَسْر: مَطَرٌ {يَدُوم) أَي: يَطُولُ زَمانُه (فِي سُكُون) ، ونَقَلَ الجَوْهَريُّ عَن أَبِي زَيْد: هُوَ المَطَر (بِلَا رَعْدٍ وَبَرْق) ، زَاد خالِدُ ابنُ جَنْبَةَ: يَدُومُ يَومُه، (أَو يَدُوم خَمْسَةَ أيَّام أَو سِتَّةَ) أَيَّام
al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿArūs min Jawāhir al-Qāmūs, root d-w-m (vol. 32, p. 181)
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.