Marwa: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
مروہ
مَرْوَة
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Marwa (مروہ, Arabic مَرْوَة) means “a white flint stone; the hill al-Marwah”. It comes from the Arabic root م ر و. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, م ر و.
- Meaning
- a white flint stone; the hill al-Marwah
- معنی
- سفید چقماق پتھر؛ مروہ کی پہاڑی
Where it comes from
Lane gives marw as white, glittering flint stones and marwah as one such stone; al-Marwah is the hill at Makkah named in Quran 2:158.
- Say it
- mar-waAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- م ر و
- Other spellings
- Marwah