Ruqayqah
رقيقة
Say it ru-QAY-qah
Delicate, gentle
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-q-q
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Ruqaiqa, Ruqayqa, Ruqaiqah
Meaning & source
The diminutive of raqīqah: fine and delicate, the opposite of coarse and thick.
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رقق: الرَّقِيقُ: نَقِيضُ الغَلِيظ والثَّخِينِ.
Who carried this name
- Ruqayqah bint Abī Ṣayfī ibn Hāshim, cousin of al-ʿAbbās, mother of Makhramah ibn Nawfal Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11182 (vol. 8, p. 136)
- Ruqayqah al-Thaqafiyyah, who became Muslim when the Prophet ﷺ came to al-Ṭāʾif Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11183 (vol. 8, p. 137)