Kawthar
كَوْثَر
Say it KAW-thar
Abundance
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- k-th-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 108:1
- Also spelled
- Kausar, Kauthar, Kawsar, Kowsar
Meaning & source
Abundance; the name of a river in Paradise given to the Prophet ﷺ.
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والكَوْثَر: الْكَثِيرُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root k-th-r, vol. 5, p. 133 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
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وَالْكَوْثَرُ: نَهْرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا فِي الْأَحَادِيثِ الْمُتَوَاتِرَةِ