Barwaʿ
بروع
Say it BAR-waʿ
Excelling, outstanding
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- b-r-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Barwa, Barwa'
Meaning & source
From a root of excelling: the bāriʿ is complete in every merit and in beauty, and surpasses his peers (Lisān).
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فَهُوَ بارِعٌ: تَمَّ فِي كُلِّ فَضِيلة وَجَمَالٍ وَفَاقَ أَصحابه فِي الْعِلْمِ وَغَيْرِه
Who carried this name
- Barwaʿ bint Wāshiq al-Kilābiyyah, on whose dower the Prophet ﷺ gave judgment Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10931 (vol. 8, p. 49)