Lūṭ
لُوط
Say it LOOT (heavy t)
Name of the Prophet Lūṭ (peace be upon him)
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Not Arabic in origin
- In English
- Lot
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 6:86, 7:80, 11:70 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Lut, Loot
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Lisān al-ʿArab counts it, with Nūḥ, as a non-Arabic name; we found no classical source in our cache that gives its meaning.
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وعُزَيرٌ: اسْمٌ يَنْصَرِفُ لِخِفَّتِهِ وإِن كَانَ أَعجميًّا مِثْلَ نُوحٍ وَلُوطٍ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 4, p. 563 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Lūṭ (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 6:86