Muḥārib
محارب
Say it mu-HAA-rib
One who fights
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-r-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Muharib, Moharib
Meaning & source
One who fights: from ḥarb, war, the opposite of peace (Lisān), which lists Muḥārib as a name.
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حرب: الحَرْبُ: نَقِيضُ السِّلم، أُنثى، وأَصلُها الصِّفةُ كأَنها مُقاتَلَةٌ حَرْبٌ، هَذَا قَوْلُ السِّيرَافِيِّ، وَتَصْغِيرُهَا حُرَيْبٌ بِغَيْرِ هاءٍ، رِوَايَةً عَنِ العَرَب، لأَنها فِي الأَصل مَصْدَرٌ؛
Who carried this name
- Muḥārib ibn Dithār, judge of Kufa al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 89 (vol. 5, p. 217)