Ghaniyyah
غنيّة
Say it gha-NIY-yah
Self-sufficient, having enough
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- gh-n-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Ghania, Ghaniya, Ghaniyya
Meaning & source
Self-sufficient, wanting for nothing: from ghinā, having enough (Ibn Fāris).
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والغَنَاء بفتح الغَين مع المدّ: الكِفَاية.
Who carried this name
- Ghaniyyah bint Abī Ihāb, Umm Yaḥyā, wife of ʿUqbah ibn al-Ḥārith Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11568 (vol. 8, p. 256)