Laqīṭ
لقيط
Say it la-QEET
Honoured as the name of Abū Razīn Laqīṭ ibn ʿĀmir al-ʿUqaylī
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- l-q-ṭ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Laqit, Lakit
What the word means
A foundling: al-laqīṭ is the abandoned child who is picked up (Lisān).
Classical Arabic names often came from strong or striking things in the desert world; the name is loved for who carried it.
The literal sense is plain or unflattering; families choose this name because an honoured early Muslim bore it, not for its dictionary meaning.
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واللَّقِيطُ: الْمَنْبُوذُ يُلْتَقَطُ لأَنه يُلْقَط، والأُنثى لَقِيطَةٌ؛
Who carried this name
- Abū Razīn Laqīṭ ibn ʿĀmir al-ʿUqaylī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7571 (vol. 5, p. 508)