Chaimae
شيماءIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Woman with a mole (shama); the Prophet's foster-sister Shayma'
- For
- A girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Chaima, Chaimaa, Chayma, Shaima, Shaimaa
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Shayma' is the name by which the Prophet's foster-sister is remembered (her given name is reported as Hudhafa). The word is the feminine of ashyam, 'having a mole' (Lane's Lexicon).
Confidence: medium
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaimaa
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaima
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1
- www.laneslexicon.com/word/%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85
- mawdoo3.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB_(%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9)
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