Zaynab (name)
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Zaynab (also spelt Zaeneb, Zainab, Zainub, Zeineb, Zenab, Zeynab, Zeyneb, Zeynep, Zejneb, Zejneba or Zeynib; Arabic: زينب) is an Arabic female given name meaning "desert flower" or "ornamented tree". It is believed to be a modification of Zenobia, the name of a pre-Islam Syrian queen.[1]
"Zeineb", "Zejneb" and "Zejneba" are also Bosnian female given names, transliterated from the Arabic "Zainab".
Famous people called Zaynab include:
- Zaynab bint Ali, daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the sister of Husayn ibn Ali.
- Zaynab bint Khuzayma, a wife of Muhammad.
- Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of Muhammad.
- Zaynab bint Muhammad, daughter of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and Muhammad.
- Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat, an influential figure in the Almoravid movement.
- Zainab Masood, a character in the British TV soap opera EastEnders.
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- ^ "Islamic / Muslim Girls Names". The Milli Gazette. Jan 2000. http://www.milligazette.com/misl/muslimbabyname.htm.
