Ḍirār
ضرار
Say it dhi-RAAR
Honoured as the name of Ḍirār ibn al-Azwar
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḍ-r-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Dirar, Dhirar, Zirar
What the word means
From ḍ-r-r, whose senses, Ibn Fāris says, are harm, gathering together, and strength.
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
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[ضر] الضاد والراء ثلاثة أصول: الأوّل خلاف النَّفع، والثانى اجتماعُ الشَّئ، والثالث القوّة.