بُثَيْنَة
Buthaina: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Buthayna
Diminutive of bathna, “flat, soft land”; the heroine of the poet Jamil
Meaning of the name Buthaina
Buthayna is the diminutive of bathna, which lexicographers explain as flat, soft and fertile land, or fine sand; the diminutive adds tenderness. The name owes its fame to Buthayna, the beloved of the poet Jamil ibn Maʿmar (7th century), so linked to him that he is called Jamil Buthayna, a model of chaste love in Arabic poetry.
- In Arabic
- بُثَيْنَة بثينة
- Transliteration
- Buthayna
- Root
- ب ث ن
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Buthaina in the Quran?
No: neither the name Buthaina nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Buthaina in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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Writing Buthaina in each language
- French
- Bouthaina, Bouthayna, Bothaina
- English
- Buthaina, Buthayna
- Spanish
- Buthaina
- Turkish
- Büseyne
- Arabic
- بُثَيْنَة