Fākhitah
فاختة
Say it FAA-khi-tah
The ring-dove
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-kh-t
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Fakhita, Fakhitah
Meaning & source
The ring-dove, a collared pigeon.
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فخت: الفاخِتةُ: وَاحِدَةُ الفَواخِتِ، وَهِيَ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الحَمام المُطَوَّق.
Who carried this name
- Fākhitah bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm Hāniʾ) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11572 (vol. 8, p. 256)