Aqraʿ
أقرع
Say it AQ-ra
Honoured as the name of al-Aqraʿ ibn Ḥābis al-Tamīmī
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-r-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Aqra, Akra
What the word means
Bald: qaraʿ is baldness of the head (Lisān).
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
The literal sense is plain or unflattering; families choose this name because an honoured early Muslim bore it, not for its dictionary meaning.
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قرع: القَرَعُ: قَرَعُ الرأْس وَهُوَ أَن يَصْلَعَ فَلَا يَبْقَى عَلَى رأْسه شَعْرٌ، وَقِيلَ: هُوَ ذَهابُ الشَّعَرِ مِنْ داءٍ؛
Who carried this name
- al-Aqraʿ ibn Ḥābis al-Tamīmī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 231 (vol. 1, p. 252)