ʿĀtikah
عاتكة
Say it AA-ti-kah
Glowing with perfume
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʿ-t-k
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Atika, Atikah, Atiqa
Meaning & source
A woman whose skin glows red with perfume; Lisān: “a woman is named ʿĀtikah for her clearness and ruddy glow”.
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وَسُمِّيَتِ المرأَة عَاتِكَةً لِصَفَائِهَا وحُمْرتها
Who carried this name
- ʿĀtikah bint Zayd Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11452 (vol. 8, p. 227)
- ʿĀtikah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, the Prophet’s aunt Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11455 (vol. 8, p. 229)