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Rabia

Rabia proper noun: a female given name from Arabic, meaning spring, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia El Basri.

Proper noun

Rabia

  1. A female given name from Arabic, meaning spring, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia El Basri.

Origin of Rabia

From Arabic رَابِعَة (rābiʕa), the feminine of رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”) as well as رَابِع (rābiʕ, “fourth”), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Hence Rabia means both "spring" and "the fourth female".

Questions about Rabia

What does Rabia mean?
Rabia means a female given name from Arabic, meaning spring, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia El Basri.
What part of speech is Rabia?
Rabia is a proper noun.

Words near Rabia in the dictionary

  1. Rabi I
  2. Rabi II
  3. Rabi problem
  4. Rabi problems
  5. Rabi-al-awwal
  6. Rabia
  7. rabiate
  8. rabiator
  9. rabiators
  10. rabic
  11. rabicano

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