Ṭufayl
طفيل
Say it tu-FAYL
The little one
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṭ-f-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Tufail, Tufayl, Tofail
Meaning & source
The diminutive of ṭifl: the little one, the young of anything.
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والطِّفْل: الصَّغِيرُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَيِّن الطَّفَل والطَّفالة والطُّفولة والطُّفولية، وَلَا فِعْل لَهُ؛
Who carried this name
- al-Ṭufayl ibn ʿAmr al-Dawsī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 4273 (vol. 3, p. 422)