Sabrah
سبرة
Say it SAB-rah
A cold morning
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- s-b-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sabra, Sabrah
Meaning & source
A cold early morning: Lisān says sabrah is the cold morning hour, and that the name Sabrah is derived from it.
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والسَّبَراتُ: جَمْعُ سَبْرَة، وَهِيَ الغَداةُ البارِدَة، بِسُكُونِ الْبَاءِ، وَقِيلَ: هِيَ مَا بَيْنَ السحَرِ إِلى الصَّبَاحِ، وَقِيلَ: مَا بَيْنَ غُدْوَة إِلى طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ.
Who carried this name
- Sabrah ibn Maʿbad al-Juhanī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 3094 (vol. 3, p. 26)