Waqqāṣ
وقاص
Say it waq-QAAS
Honoured as the name of Waqqāṣ ibn Mujazziz al-Mudlijī
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- w-q-ṣ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Waqqas, Waqas, Vakkas
What the word means
From waqṣ, breaking (Ibn Fāris), as in breaking the neck.
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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[وقص] الواو والقاف والصاد: كلمةٌ تدلُّ على كَسْر شئ.
Who carried this name
- Waqqāṣ ibn Mujazziz al-Mudlijī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 9159 (vol. 6, p. 478)