Ḥamnah
حمنة
Say it HAM-nah
Honoured as the name of Ḥamnah bint Jaḥsh
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḥ-m-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hamna, Hamnah, Humna
What the word means
Lisān records Ḥamnah as a woman’s name; in this root ḥamnah is also a small tick.
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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وحَمْنةُ، بِالْفَتْحِ، اسْمُ امرأَة؛