ʿIṣām
عِصام
Say it i-SAAM
A safeguard, a binding cord
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-ṣ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Isam, Issam, Essam
Meaning & source
A cord or strap that holds a thing fast: “whatever a thing is secured with is its ʿiṣām”.
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وكلُّ شيءٍ عُصِمَ بِهِ شيءٌ عِصامٌ، والجمعُ أَعْصِمةٌ وعُصُمٌ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.