Nisrīn
نِسْرِين
Say it nis-REEN
A fragrant flower
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-s-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Nisreen, Nesrine, Nasreen, Nisrin
Meaning & source
A sweet-smelling flower: “al-nisrīn is a kind of rayḥān”, a fragrant plant. Al-Azharī, quoted in Lisān, says he does not know whether the word is Arabic.
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والنِّسْرِين: ضرْب مِنَ الرَّياحين، قَالَ الأَزهري: لَا أَدري أَعربيّ أَم لَا
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.