ʿUrwah
عروة
Say it UR-wah
A handle to hold by
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-r-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Urwa, Orwa, Urwah
Meaning & source
A handle or loop to hold by; Lisān also gives “a precious possession, like a noble horse”.
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والعُرْوَة: النفيسُ مِنَ المالِ كالفَرَسِ الْكَرِيمِ وَنَحْوِهِ.
Who carried this name
- ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5542 (vol. 4, p. 406)