حيدر

• حَيْدَرَة (ḥaydara)

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• IPA^(key): /ħaj.dar/
  • (Lebanon) IPA^(key): /ħaj.dar/
  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ħeː.dər/

حَيْدَر • (ḥaydar) m

1. a male given name
2. The birthname of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as given to him by his mother, frequently used in poems and speeches of praise and admiration.
   • أَنا الَّذِي سَمَّتْنِي أُمِّي حَيْدَرَة ... ضِرْغَامُ آجَامٍ ولَيْثُ قَسوَرَة

     I am the one whom my mother named Ḥaydara ... a fearless lion in thickets and a lion of wilderness

حَيْدَر • (ḥaydar) m

1. lion

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:أسد

• حيدر on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar