ʿUmar
عمر
Say it OO-mar
Life
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Umar, Omar, Omer
Meaning & source
From ʿumr, “life”: the root of living and lasting long.
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عمر: العَمْر والعُمُر والعُمْر: الْحَيَاةُ.
Who carried this name
- ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, the second caliph Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5752 (vol. 4, p. 484)