Ẓabyah
ظبية
Say it DHAB-yah
A female gazelle
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ẓ-b-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Zabya, Dhabya, Thabya
Meaning & source
A female gazelle.
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قَالَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ: أَظْبٍ أَفْعُلٌ، فأَبدلوا ضَمَّةَ الْعَيْنِ كَسْرَةً لِتَسْلَمَ الْيَاءُ، وظُبِيٌّ عَلَى فُعُول مِثْلَ ثَدْيٍ وثُدِيّ، والأُنثى ظَبْيَة، وَالْجُمْعُ ظَبَيَاتٌ وظِبَاء.
Who carried this name
- Ẓabyah bint al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr, wife of Abū Qatādah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11445 (vol. 8, p. 225)