Rābiṭah
رابطة
Say it RAA-bi-ṭah
Firm, steadfast
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-b-ṭ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rabita, Rabitah, Raabita
Meaning & source
Firm and steadfast: from a root meaning to tie fast and hold firm; rābiṭ al-jaʾsh is one strong of heart and spirit (Ibn Fāris).
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ورجل رابطُ الجأش، أى شديد القَلْب والنَّفْس.
Who carried this name
- Rābiṭah bint Sufyān al-Khuzāʿiyyah, wife of Qudāmah ibn Maẓʿūn Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11161 (vol. 8, p. 130)
- Rābiṭah bint al-Ḥārith al-Taymiyyah, of Quraysh Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11159 (vol. 8, p. 130)