Jumaymah
جميمة
Say it ju-MAY-mah
A full head of hair
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- j-m-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Jumaima, Jumayma
Meaning & source
The diminutive of jummah, a full head of hair; Lisān cites ʿĀʾishah: “my hair had grown full (jumaymah)”.
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والجُمَيْمَةُ: تَصْغِيرُ الجُمَّة.
Who carried this name
- Jumaymah bint Ḥimām ibn al-Jamūḥ, who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11003 (vol. 8, p. 72)