Ṭāhir
طَاهِر
Say it TAA-hir
Pure, clean
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṭ-h-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Tahir, Taher
Meaning & source
Pure, clean: ṭuhr is the opposite of impurity.
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والطُّهْر: نَقِيضُ النَّجَاسَةِ، وَالْجَمْعُ أَطْهار
Who carried this name
- Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn, the ʿAbbāsid commander al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 10, p. 108 (entry 7)