Nafīsah
نفيسة
Say it na-FEE-sah
Precious
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-f-s
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nafisa, Nafeesa, Nefise
Meaning & source
Precious: something nafīs is what people vie for and desire.
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وَشَيْءٌ نَفِيسٌ أَي يُتَنافَس فِيهِ ويُرْغب.
Who carried this name
- Nafīsah bint Umayyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11820 (vol. 8, p. 336)