Qutaylah
قتيلة
Say it qu-TAY-lah
Honoured as the name of Qutaylah bint Ṣayfī
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- q-t-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Qutaila, Qutayla, Qutailah
What the word means
The diminutive of qatīlah, one who is slain (Lisān).
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
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وامرأَة قَتِيل: مَقْتولة
Who carried this name
- Qutaylah bint Ṣayfī, among the first emigrant women (Abū ʿUmar) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11643 (vol. 8, p. 284)