Raḍwā
رضوى
Say it RAḌ-waa
A mountain near Madinah
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-ḍ-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Radwa, Radhwa, Radwaa
Meaning & source
The name of a mountain near Madīnah; Ibn Sīdah, quoted in Lisān: “the woman was named after it”.
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ورَضْوَى اسْمُ جَبَلٍ بِعَيْنِهِ، وَبِهِ سُمِّيَتِ المرأَة
Who carried this name
- Raḍwā, who served the Prophet ﷺ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11178 (vol. 8, p. 135)
- Raḍwā bint Kaʿb, who asked the Prophet ﷺ a question of purity Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11177 (vol. 8, p. 135)