Malay Names · Boy
Basrah name meaning
“overseer; the city of Basra”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- B
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptبصرة
1
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Basrah
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Basrah is a boy's name from Arabic, after the city of Basra; the word baṣrah means 'overseer'.
What does Basrah mean?
About the name Basrah
Basrah is the name of the Iraqi city, Arabic Baṣrah (بصرة). The word is often glossed as 'overseer', possibly pointing to its origin as a military base. Another view links it to an Aramaic word meaning 'place of huts'.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Syllables | Bas-rah |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with B |
| Arabic script | بصرة |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: بصرة · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wikipedia: Basra · en.wikipedia.org · origin
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