রোকেয়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • রুকাইয়া (rukaiẏa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُقَيَّة (ruqayya, “charming”), from the root ر ق ي (r q y). Doublet of রুকইয়া (rukoiẏa).

Proper noun

রোকেয়া • (rōkeẏa) (objective রোকেয়া (rōkeẏa) or রোকেয়াকে (rōkeẏake), genitive রোকেয়ার (rōkeẏar), locative রোকেয়ায় (rōkeẏaẏ))

  1. (Islam) The second daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
  2. a female given name from Arabic, Rokeya, Ruqayyah
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