Wahb
وهب
Say it WAHB
A gift
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- w-h-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Wahb, Wahab
Meaning & source
A gift: hibah is a gift given with nothing asked in return (Lisān).
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الهِبةُ: العَطِيَّة الخاليةُ عَنِ الأَعْواضِ والأَغْراضِ، فإِذا كَثُرَتْ سُمِّي صاحِبُها وَهَّاباً، وَهُوَ مِنْ أَبنية المُبالغة.
Who carried this name
- Abū Juḥayfah Wahb ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Suwāʾī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 9187 (vol. 6, p. 490)
- Wahb ibn Munabbih, the Yemeni Successor al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 219 (vol. 4, p. 544)