Muḥayyāh
محيّاة
Say it mu-ḤAY-yaah
Life, living
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ḥ-y-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Muhayya, Muhayyah
Meaning & source
From ḥayāh, life: al-maḥyā is life itself, and its time and place (Lisān).
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والمَحْيا: مَفْعَلٌ مِنَ الحَياة.
Who carried this name
- Muḥayyāh bint Abī Nāʾilah al-Ashhaliyyah, who became Muslim and pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11748 (vol. 8, p. 315)