Qutham
قثم
Say it QU-tham
Generous giver
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-th-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Qutham, Qusam, Kusam
Meaning & source
A generous giver: Lisān says the name Qutham is derived from qāthim, “the one who gives”.
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وقُثَم: اسْمُ رَجُلٍ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنْهُ، وَهُوَ مَعْدُولٌ عَنْ قاثِم وَهُوَ المُعطي.
Who carried this name
- Qutham ibn al-ʿAbbās, the Prophet’s cousin Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 7096 (vol. 5, p. 320)