Ghazālah
غَزَالَة
Say it gha-ZAA-lah
The rising sun
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- gh-z-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Ghazala, Ghazalah
Meaning & source
The sun, and especially the sun as it rises: “one says the ghazālah has risen, but not that it has set”.
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والغَزَالةُ: الشَّمْسُ، وَقِيلَ: هِيَ الشَّمْسُ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِهَا، يُقَالُ: طَلَعَتِ الغَزالةُ ولا يقل غَابَتِ الغَزالةُ، وَيُقَالُ: غرَبت الجَوْنةُ، وإِنما سُمِّيَتَ جَوْنةً لأَنها تَسْودّ عِنْدَ الغُروب، وَيُقَالُ: الغَزالةُ ال
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.