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Fatima

فاطمة

Female · Arabic

The root F-Ṭ-M relates to weaning or abstaining, so the literal sense is "one who weans" or "one who abstains." The name is strongly associated with Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad — that association is traditional and historical, not itself the word's literal meaning. Arabic linguists are not fully certain why this root came to be used as a given name.

Source: Wikipedia, "Fatima (given name)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_(given_name)

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