Samrāʾ
سمراء
Say it sam-RAA
Tawny, brown
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- s-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Samra, Samraa, Samrah
Meaning & source
Tawny, brown-skinned: sumrah is the colour between white and black.
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السُّمْرَةُ: مَنْزِلَةٌ بَيْنَ الْبَيَاضِ وَالسَّوَاد
Who carried this name
- Samrāʾ bint Qays al-Anṣāriyyah (Abū ʿUmar gives Sumayrāʾ) Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11337 (vol. 8, p. 189)