Ẓamyāʾ
ظمياء
Say it ẒAM-yaa
With fine, dusky lips
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ẓ-m-ʾ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Zamya, Zamyaa, Thamya
Meaning & source
Having fine lips, lean rather than full and with a dusky tint, a natural feature the Arabs praised (Lisān).
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رجلٌ أَظْمَى وامرأَة ظَمْيَاء وشَفَةٌ ظَمْيَاءُ: ليْسَتْ بوارِمة كَثِيرَةَ الدَّمِ ويُحْمَدُ ظَماها.
Who carried this name
- Ẓamyāʾ bint Ashras al-Tamīmiyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11448 (vol. 8, p. 226)