Shamūs
شموس
Say it sha-MOOS
Honoured as the name of al-Shamūs bint Abī ʿĀmir, mother of ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- sh-m-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Shamus, Shamoos
What the word means
From a root that, Ibn Fāris says, means restlessness and never staying still; the sun (shams) is named for it, because it is always moving.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
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[شمس] الشين والميم والسين أصلٌ يدلّ على تلؤُنٍ وقلّةِ استقرار.
Who carried this name
- al-Shamūs bint Abī ʿĀmir, mother of ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11384 (vol. 8, p. 204)
- al-Shamūs bint al-Nuʿmān, of the Anṣār Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11387 (vol. 8, p. 204)