Asma

Gender Feminine
Scripts أسماء, أسمى (Arabic) اسما (Urdu) Pron. /ʔas.ˈmaːʔ/ (Arabic) /ˈʔas.maː/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "supreme, higher" in Arabic, a derivative of the root سما (samā) meaning "to be high" [1] [2] . This was the name of a daughter of Abu Bakr, the first caliph of the Muslims.

Related Names

Rootsamā
VariantAsmaa (Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesƏsma (Azerbaijani) Esma (Bosnian) Asma'u (Hausa) Esma (Turkish)
Same SpellingƏsma
User SubmissionsÄsmä, Asma

Popularity

  1. Ahmed, Salahuddin. A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New York University, 1999, page 241.
  2. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 504.

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