Jumānah
جمانة
Say it ju-MAA-nah
A silver bead
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- j-m-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Jumana, Joumana, Jumanah
Meaning & source
A pearl-like bead of silver; Ibn Sīdah: “the woman was named by it”.
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قَالَ ابْنُ سِيدَهْ: وَبِهِ سُمِّيَتِ المرأَة، وَرُبَّمَا سُمِّيَتِ الدُّرّة جُمانةً.
Who carried this name
- Jumānah bint Abī Ṭālib, ʿAlī’s sister Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10980 (vol. 8, p. 63)