Makhramah
مخرمة
Say it MAKH-ra-mah
Honoured as the name of Makhramah ibn Nawfal al-Zuhrī
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- kh-r-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Makhrama, Mahrama
What the word means
From kh-r-m, cutting and piercing through (Ibn Fāris); Lisān lists Makhramah as a name.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
The literal sense is plain or unflattering; families choose this name because an honoured early Muslim bore it, not for its dictionary meaning.
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ومَخْرَمَةُ، بِالْفَتْحِ، ومُخَرَّمٌ وخُرَيْمٌ: أَسماء.
Who carried this name
- Makhramah ibn Nawfal al-Zuhrī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7857 (vol. 6, p. 41)