First Adhān

Minḥah

مِنْحَة

Say it MIN-hah

A gift

At a glance

Gender
Girl
Arabic root
m-n-ḥ
Origin
Arabic
Also spelled
Minha, Minhah

Meaning & source

A gift: “manaḥahu: he gave him”. The minḥah was first a she-camel or ewe lent to someone for its milk, and the word came to mean any gift.

Who carried this name

We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.

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