Farwah
فروة
Say it FAR-wah
A fur cloak
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-r-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Farwa, Farwah
Meaning & source
A fur cloak: the farwah is the well-known garment of fur.
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فرا: الفَرْو والفَرْوَة: مَعْرُوفٌ الَّذِي يُلبس، وَالْجَمْعُ فِراء، فإِذا كَانَ الفَرْو «٢» ذَا الجُبَّة فَاسْمُهَا الفَرْوَة؛
Who carried this name
- Farwah bint al-Ḥārith al-ʿUtwāriyyah, mother of ʿAqīlah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11619 (vol. 8, p. 279)