Hurayrah
هريرة
Say it hu-RAY-rah
A little cat
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- h-r-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Huraira, Hurayra, Hurairah
Meaning & source
A little cat: the diminutive of hirrah, a cat, named, Ibn Fāris says, for its cry.
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والهِرَّة: السِّنَّوْرة، وكأنَّها سمِّيت لصوتها إذا هَرَّت.
Who carried this name
- Hurayrah bint Zamʿah, sister of Sawdah, Mother of the Believers Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11835 (vol. 8, p. 339)