Maʿmar
معمر
Say it MA-mar
Life, a lifespan
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Mamar, Ma’mar
Meaning & source
From ʿumr, life (Lisān).
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عمر: العَمْر والعُمُر والعُمْر: الْحَيَاةُ.
Who carried this name
- Maʿmar ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAdawī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8169 (vol. 6, p. 148)
- Maʿmar ibn Rāshid of Yemen al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 1 (vol. 7, p. 5)