Rabia

See also: rabia, rabiá, ràbia, rabià, and râbia

English

Etymology

From Arabic رَبِيع‎ (rabīʿ, “spring”). A near homophone is Arabic رَابِعَة‎ (rābiʿa), the feminine of رَابِع‎ (rābiʿ, “fourth”), from أَرْبَعَة‎ (ʾarbaʿa, “four”). Hence Rabia can also mean "the fourth female".

Proper noun

Rabia

  1. A female given name used by Muslims, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia Basri.

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