Zuhayr
زهير
Say it zu-HAYR
Little blossom
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- z-h-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Zuhair, Zuhayr, Zoheir
Meaning & source
The diminutive of zahr, blossom; Lisān: “the poet Zuhayr was named by it”.
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وَتَصْغِيرُ الزَّهْرِ زُهَيْرٌ، وَبِهِ سُمِّيَ الشَّاعِرُ زُهَيْراً.
Who carried this name
- Zuhayr ibn ʿAmr al-Hilālī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2842 (vol. 2, p. 476)
- Zuhayr ibn Abī Umayyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2829 (vol. 2, p. 472)