Nawār
نوار
Say it na-WAAR
Shunning evil and shame
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- n-w-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Nawar, Nawaar, Nawār
Meaning & source
A woman who shies away from evil and anything shameful (Lisān).
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وامرأَة نَوارٌ: نَافِرَةٌ عن الشَّرِّ وَالْقَبِيحِ.
Who carried this name
- al-Nawār bint Mālik, mother of Zayd ibn Thābit Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11828 (vol. 8, p. 337)
- al-Nawār bint Qays, of Banū Ḥārithah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11826 (vol. 8, p. 337)