Zubaida: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
زبیدہ
زُبَيْدَة
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Zubaida (زبیدہ, Arabic زُبَيْدَة) means “a little cream; the choice part”. It comes from the Arabic root ز ب د. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ز ب د.
- Meaning
- a little cream; the choice part
- معنی
- بالائی؛ بہترین حصہ
Where it comes from
Diminutive of zubda, cream or the best of a thing (Lane).
- Say it
- zu-bai-daAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ز ب د
- Other spellings
- Zubaidah · Zobaida
- Known bearer
- Zubayda, wife of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Themes
- Virtue