Ḥujr
حجر
Say it HUJR
Enclosing, protection
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-j-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hujr, Hujur, Hojr
Meaning & source
From ḥ-j-r, holding back and enclosing (Ibn Fāris).
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[حجر] الحاء والجيم والراء أصلٌ واحد مطَّرد، وهو المنْع والإحاطة على الشئ.
Who carried this name
- Ḥujr ibn ʿAdī al-Kindī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 1634 (vol. 2, p. 32)