Fāṭimah
فاطمة
Say it FAA-ti-mah
From weaning a child
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-ṭ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Fatima, Fatimah, Fatma, Fatemeh
Meaning & source
From faṭm, weaning a child; Lisān lists Fāṭimah among women’s names in this root.
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وفاطِمةُ: مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ النِّسَاءِ.
Who carried this name
- Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, daughter of the Prophet Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11587 (vol. 8, p. 262)
- Fāṭimah bint Asad, mother of ʿAlī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11588 (vol. 8, p. 268)
- Fāṭimah bint Qays Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11608 (vol. 8, p. 276)