Ṣāfiyah
صافية
Say it ṢAA-fi-yah
Pure, clear
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṣ-f-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Safia, Safiya, Safiyah
Meaning & source
Pure and clear: ṣafāʾ is clearness, the opposite of murkiness.
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الصَّفْوُ والصَّفَاءُ، مَمْدودٌ: نَقِيضُ الكَدَر
Who carried this name
- Ṣāfiyah, who narrated from Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy, Mother of the Believers Ibn Saʿd, al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā, no. 4701 (vol. 8, p. 356)