Thurayyā
ثُرَيَّا
Say it thu-RAY-yaa
The Pleiades star cluster
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- th-r-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Thuraya, Soraya, Suraya, Thurayya
Meaning & source
The Pleiades, the cluster of stars, named (Lisān says) for the plentiful rain it brings, or for its many small stars. As a woman’s name it is the diminutive of tharwā, abundance.
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والثُّرَيَّا: مِنَ الْكَوَاكِبِ، سُمِّيَتْ لِغَزَارَةِ نَوْئها، وَقِيلَ: سُمِّيَتْ بِذَلِكَ لِكَثْرَةِ كَوَاكِبِهَا مَعَ صِغَرِ مَرْآتها، فكأَنها كَثِيرَةُ الْعَدَدِ بالإِضافة إِلى ضِيقِ الْمَحَلِّ، لَا يُتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ إِلا مُصَغَّرًا، وَهُوَ تَصْغِير
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.