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Zeynep
زينبIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Turkish form of Zaynab, read as a precious gem
- About the name
- Zeynep is the Turkish form of the Arabic Zaynab, which Turkish usage reads as 'precious gem'. Its best-known early bearer is Zaynab bint Muhammad, the Prophet's eldest daughter.
- For
- A girl
- Origin
- Arabic, Turkish
Islamic naming guidance
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Name of a companion of the Prophet
Turkish spelling of Zaynab, the name of the Prophet's eldest daughter. The Prophet also renamed girls called Barra to Zaynab (Sahih Muslim 2142). The ruling follows the Arabic name.
Confidence: medium
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