Ḍamrah
ضمرة
Say it ḌAM-rah
Slender, slim-waisted
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḍ-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Damra, Damrah, Dhamra
Meaning & source
Slender and slim-waisted: Lisān describes the ḍamr as lean of belly and light of body; the feminine is ḍamrah.
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والضَّمْرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ: الضامرُ البَطْنِ، وَفِي التَّهْذِيبِ: المُهَضَّمُ الْبَطْنِ اللطيفُ الجِسْم، والأُنثى ضَمْرَةٌ.
Who carried this name
- Ḍamrah, wife of Abū Qays ibn al-Aslat Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11433 (vol. 8, p. 223)