Ḥurr
حرّ
Say it HURR
Free, not bound
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-r-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hurr, Hur
Meaning & source
Free: Ibn Fāris says ḥurr is what is the opposite of bondage and is clear of fault and defect.
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[حر] الحاء والراء فى المضاعف له أصلان: فالأوّل ما خالف العُبودِيّة وبَرِئ من العيب والنَّقص.
Who carried this name
- al-Ḥurr ibn Qays al-Fazārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 1697 (vol. 2, p. 51)