Ṣāʾimah
صائمة
Say it SAA-i-mah
A woman who fasts
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṣ-w-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Saima, Saimah
Meaning & source
A woman who fasts: “ṣawm is leaving food, drink, intimacy and speech”.
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صوم: الصَّوْمُ: تَرْكُ الطعامِ والشَّرابِ والنِّكاحِ والكلامِ، صامَ يَصُوم صَوْماً وصِياماً واصْطامَ، وَرَجُلٌ صائمٌ وصَوْمٌ مِنْ قومٍ صُوَّامٍ وصُيّامٍ وصُوَّمٍ، بِالتَّشْدِيدِ، وصُيَّم، قَلَبُوا الْوَاوَ لِقُرْبِهَا مِنَ الطَّرَفِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.