Sārah
سارة
Say it SAA-rah
One who brings joy
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-r-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sara, Sarah, Saarah, Saara
Meaning & source
One who gladdens: “a woman surrah and sārah is one who gives you joy” (al-Liḥyānī, in Lisān).
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وامرأَة سَرَّةٌ وسارَّةٌ: تَسُرُّك؛
Who carried this name
- Sārah, freedwoman of ʿAmr ibn Hāshim, to whom the Prophet ﷺ granted safety on the day of the Conquest Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11274 (vol. 8, p. 170)