Qutaybah
قتيبة
Say it qu-TAY-bah
A little pack-saddle
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-t-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Qutaiba, Qutayba, Kuteybe
Meaning & source
A diminutive of qatab, a camel’s pack-saddle; al-Azharī (in Lisān) reports al-Layth’s view that the name comes from it.
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قَالَ الأَزهري: ذَهَبَ اللَّيْثُ إِلى أَن قُتَيْبة مأْخوذ مِنَ القِتْب.
Who carried this name
- Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd of Balkh al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 8 (vol. 11, p. 13)