Mirdās
مرداس
Say it mir-DAAS
A stone for throwing
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-d-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Mirdas, Merdas
Meaning & source
A rock that is thrown (Lisān), as into a well to test it for water; Lisān adds that the man’s name comes from it.
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والمِرْدَسُ والمِرْداسُ: الصَّخْرَةُ الَّتِي يُرْمَى بِهَا، وَخَصَّ بَعْضُهُمْ بِهِ الْحَجَرِ الَّذِي يُرْمَى بِهِ فِي الْبِئْرِ لِيُعْلَمَ أَفيها مَاءٌ أَم لَا؛
Who carried this name
- Mirdās ibn ʿUrwah al-ʿĀmirī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7900 (vol. 6, p. 57)