Naʿāmah
نعامة
Say it na-ʿAA-mah
An ostrich
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-ʿ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Naama, Na'ama, Naamah
Meaning & source
The ostrich (Lisān); Ibn Fāris traces every word of this root to ease and a pleasant life.
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والنَّعَامَةُ: معروفة
Who carried this name
- Naʿāmah, of the captives of Banū al-ʿAnbar Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11817 (vol. 8, p. 335)