Yusayrah
يسيرة
Say it yu-SAY-rah
Ease, not hardship
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- y-s-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Yusaira, Yusayra, Yusairah
Meaning & source
A diminutive from yusr, ease, the opposite of hardship.
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فالأول: اليُسْر: ضِدُّ العُسْر.
Who carried this name
- Yusayrah Umm Yāsir al-Anṣāriyyah, who narrated the Prophet’s ﷺ counsel to women on glorifying God Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11887 (vol. 8, p. 352)
- Yusayrah bint Mulaykah, of Banū ʿAwf ibn al-Khazraj Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11886 (vol. 8, p. 352)