Sukhaylah
سخيلة
Say it su-KHAY-lah
A little lamb
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-kh-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Sukhaila, Sukhayla
Meaning & source
The diminutive of sakhlah, a young lamb or kid.
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سخل: السَّخْلَةُ: وَلَدُ الشَّاةِ مِنَ المَعَز والضَّأْن، ذَكَرًا كَانَ أَو أُنثى، وَالْجَمْعُ سَخْلٌ وسِخَالٌ وسِخَلةٌ؛
Who carried this name
- Sukhaylah bint ʿUbaydah ibn al-Ḥārith, wife of ʿAmr ibn Umayyah al-Ḍamrī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11286 (vol. 8, p. 173)