Nuʿmā
نعمى
Say it NUʿ-maa
Ease and plenty
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-ʿ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Numa, Nouma, Nuama
Meaning & source
Ease and plenty: naʿīm, nuʿmā and niʿmah all mean a gentle life, comfort and wealth, the opposite of hardship.
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نعم: النَّعِيمُ والنُّعْمَى والنَّعْمَاء والنِّعْمَة، كُلُّهُ: الخَفْض والدَّعةُ والمالُ، وَهُوَ ضِدُّ البَأْساء والبُؤْسى.
Who carried this name
- Nuʿmā bint Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11819 (vol. 8, p. 336)