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يمن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to blessings, good fortune, and prosperity. It also extends to concepts of auspiciousness, right-hand side, and oaths, as well as place names and personal names.

Derived headwords

أَيْمَنُname
  1. 1.
    male personal nameboth

    A masculine given name.

أُمُّ أَيْمَنَname
  1. 1.
    female personal nameboth

    A feminine given name, referring to a specific historical figure.

أَيْمَنُname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A geographical location, specifically a place or settlement.

Parallel reading

وأيمن: اسم رجل.
And Ayman: a man's name.
وأم أيمن: امرأة أعتقها رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وهي حاضنة أولاده فزوجها من زيد فولدت له أسامة.
And Umm Ayman: a woman whom the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, freed. She was the wet nurse of his children, so he married her to Zayd, and she bore him Usama.
وأيمن: موضع؛
And Ayman: a place;
قال المسيب أو غيره: شركا بماء الذوب، تجمعه ... في طود أيمن، من قرى قسر
Al-Musayyib or another said: 'Shurka, by the water of al-Dhawb, which it collects... in Tawd Ayman, from the villages of Qasr.'