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Nurjanah name meaning

“light of paradise”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
N
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♀ Girl

Malay Names: NMeaning lightArabic origin

Nurjanah is a girl's name from Arabic meaning 'light of paradise', combining Nur and jannah.

What does Nurjanah mean?

Light of paradise

In Malay: cahaya syurga

Sources (2)

About the name Nurjanah

Nurjanah combines Nur, Arabic for 'light', with jannah, 'paradise', from Arabic janna. The spelling Nurjannah keeps the doubled n of jannah more clearly.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginArabic
SyllablesNur-ja-nah
First letterMalay Names starting with N
Arabic scriptنور الجنة

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: نور · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: jannah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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