Riyāḍ
رِياض
Say it ri-YAAD
Gardens, meadows
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-w-ḍ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Riyad, Riyadh, Riaz
Meaning & source
Gardens, meadows: riyāḍ is a plural of rawḍah.
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وَالْجَمْعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ رَوْضاتٌ ورِياضٌ ورَوْضٌ ورِيضانٌ، صَارَتِ الْوَاوُ يَاءً فِي رياضٍ لِلْكَسْرَةِ قَبْلَهَا، هَذَا قَوْلُ أَهل اللُّغَةِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.