Ḍubāʿah
ضباعة
Say it ḍu-BAA-ʿah
Honoured as the name of Ḍubāʿah bint al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḍ-b-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Dubaa, Duba'ah, Dubaah
What the word means
Lisān records Ḍubāʿah as a woman’s name; the root’s words include ḍabʿ, the upper arm, and ḍabuʿ, the hyena.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
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وضُباعة: اسْمُ امرأَة
Who carried this name
- Ḍubāʿah bint al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, cousin of the Prophet ﷺ, whom he taught to make a condition in her ḥajj Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11429 (vol. 8, p. 220)
- Ḍubāʿah bint ʿĀmir al-Qushayriyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11430 (vol. 8, p. 221)