Malay Names · Boy
Misbah name meaning
“lamp”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- M
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptمصباح
2
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Misbah
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Misbah is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'lamp'.
What does Misbah mean?
About the name Misbah
Misbah comes from Arabic miṣbāḥ meaning lamp, from the root ṣ-b-ḥ, related to dawn. The word appears in the Quran in Surah An-Nur. Other spellings include Misbach and Mishbah.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Root | ص ب ح · ṣ-b-ḥ |
| Syllables | Mis-bah |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with M |
| Arabic script | مصباح |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: مصباح · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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