Umm Kulthūm
أم كلثوم
Say it umm kul-THOOM
Full in the cheeks
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- k-l-th-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Umm Kulthum, Ummu Kulthum, Ümmü Gülsüm
Meaning & source
Kulthūm: full in the cheeks and face. Lisān describes a girl mukalthamah as round-faced and lovely; it also gives kulthūm as “elephant”.
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وَجَارِيَةٌ مُكَلْثَمة: حسنَة دَوَائِرِ الْوَجْهِ ذَاتُ وَجْنَتَيْنِ فاتَتْهما سُهولة الخدَّين وَلَمْ تَلْزَمْهُمَا جُهومة القُبْح.
Who carried this name
- Umm Kulthūm, daughter of the Prophet and wife of ʿUthmān Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 12226 (vol. 8, p. 460)
- Umm Kulthūm bint ʿUqbah, who emigrated alone Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 12231 (vol. 8, p. 462)