Ḥabbah
حبّة
Say it ḤAB-bah
A seed, a grain
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḥ-b-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Habba, Habbah
Meaning & source
A seed or grain: “a grain of wheat, a grain of barley”.
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والحَبُّ مَعْرُوفٌ مُستعمَل فِي أَشياءَ جَمة: حَبَّةٌ مِن بُرّ، وحَبَّة مِن شَعير، حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: حَبَّةٌ مِنْ عِنَبٍ؛
Who carried this name
- Ḥabbah bint ʿAmr al-Anṣāriyyah, who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11023 (vol. 8, p. 78)