Isrāʾ
إسْراء
Say it is-RAA
A journey by night
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-r-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Isra, Israa, Esra
Meaning & source
A night journey: isrāʾ is the verbal noun of asrā, to travel by night, and al-surā is travel by night. The name recalls the Prophet’s ﷺ night journey (Qurʾān 17:1).
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والسُّرَى: سَيرُ الليلِ عامَّتهِ، وَقِيلَ: السُّرَى سيرُ الليلِ كلِّه، تُذَكِّرهُ الْعَرَبُ وتؤَنِّثهُ، قَالَ: وَلَمْ يَعْرِفِ اللِّحْيَانِيُّ إِلَّا التأْنيث
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.