Laṭīfah
لَطِيفَة
Say it la-TEE-fah
Gentle and kind
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- l-ṭ-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Latifa, Lateefa, Latifah
Meaning & source
Gentle and kind: laṭīfah is the feminine of laṭīf; “a mother laṭīfah with her child” is gentle and caring towards it.
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وأُمٌّ لَطِيفَة بِوَلَدِهَا تُلْطِفُ إِلطَافاً
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.