Rufayʿ
رفيع
Say it ru-FAY
Raised high
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-f-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Rufay, Rufai, Rufayʿ
Meaning & source
A diminutive of rafīʿ, raised high: r-f-ʿ is the opposite of setting down (Ibn Fāris).
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[رفع] الراء والفاء والعين أصلٌ واحدٌ، يدلُّ على خلاف الوضع.
Who carried this name
- Abū al-ʿĀliyah Rufayʿ ibn Mihrān of Basra al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 85 (vol. 4, p. 207)