ʿAdhbah
عذبة
Say it ʿADH-bah
Sweet, fresh
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʿ-dh-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Adhba, Azba, Adhbah
Meaning & source
Sweet and fresh: ʿadhb is any drink or food that goes down easily, and fresh, sweet water (Lisān).
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عذب: العَذْبُ مِنَ الشَّرابِ والطَّعَامِ: كُلُّ مُسْتَسَاغٍ.
Who carried this name
- ʿAdhbah bint Saʿd al-Anṣāriyyah, mother of Saʿīd ibn Saʿd, who pledged allegiance Ibn al-Athīr, Usd al-Ghābah fī Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7105 (vol. 7, p. 192)