Fariḥah
فَرِحة
Say it FA-ri-hah
Glad, joyful
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-r-ḥ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Fariha, Farihah, Fareeha
Meaning & source
Glad, joyful: Lisān gives “a woman fariḥah” for a glad woman, from faraḥ, joy. Ibn Sīdah adds that he is not sure of the feminine forms.
The form in Lisān is fariḥah; Fareeha is the usual South Asian spelling. No early bearer recorded here; the word is classical Arabic.
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فَرِحَ فَرَحاً، وَرَجُلٌ فَرِحٌ وفَرُحٌ وَمَفْرُوحٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جِنِّي، وفَرحانُ مِنْ قَوْمٍ فَراحَى وفَرْحَى وامرأَةٌ فَرِحةٌ وفَرْحَى وفَرحانة