Munqidh
منقذ
Say it MUN-qidh
One who rescues
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-q-dh
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Munqidh, Munkiz, Munqiz
Meaning & source
One who rescues: Ibn Fāris says anqadhtuhu is “I freed him”, from a root meaning drawing something out to safety.
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[نقذ] النون والقاف والذال أصلٌ صحيح يدلُّ على استخلاصِ شيءٍ.
Who carried this name
- Munqidh ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8258 (vol. 6, p. 177)