Kulthum
كلثم
Say it KUL-thum
Full in the cheeks
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- k-l-th-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Kulthum, Kalthum, Kulsum
Meaning & source
Full in the cheeks and face (Lisān).
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وَجَارِيَةٌ مُكَلْثَمة: حسنَة دَوَائِرِ الْوَجْهِ ذَاتُ وَجْنَتَيْنِ فاتَتْهما سُهولة الخدَّين وَلَمْ تَلْزَمْهُمَا جُهومة القُبْح.
Who carried this name
- Kulthum bint Muḥriz al-Najjāriyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11689 (vol. 8, p. 297)