Surāqah
سراقة
Say it su-RAA-qah
Honoured as the name of Surāqah ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- s-r-q
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Suraqa, Suraka, Suraqah
What the word means
From s-r-q, taking something in secret (Ibn Fāris); Lisān lists Surāqah among the names formed from the root.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
The literal sense is plain or unflattering; families choose this name because an honoured early Muslim bore it, not for its dictionary meaning.
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حَنايا حَديدٍ مُقْفَل وسَوارِقه وسارِقٌ وسَرَّاق ومَسْروق وسُراقة، كُلُّهَا: أَسْمَاءٌ؛
Who carried this name
- Surāqah ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 3122 (vol. 3, p. 35)