ʿĀkif
عَاكِف
Say it AA-kif
Devoted to worship
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-k-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Akif, Aakif
Meaning & source
Devoted: “one who stays in the mosque, keeping to worship in it”.
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وَيُقَالُ لِمَنْ لازَمَ الْمَسْجِدَ وأَقام عَلَى العِبادة فِيهِ: عَاكِف ومُعْتَكِفٌ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.