وَهَّاب Bestower in Arabic
وَهَّاب is how you say “Bestower” in Arabic.
Root و ه ب w-h-b. noun/adjective (intensive epithet, ism mubālagha, from Form I). wahhāb.
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Meaning of Bestower in Arabic
- bountiful giver, one who gives abundantly and liberally An intensive form of وَاهِب ('giver'); used especially as an epithet of God, 'the Bestower' — one who gives generously and repeatedly, not for any return.
Example sentence
وَفِي ثَبْتِ كُتُبِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَكُتُبِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ، وَكُتُبِ شَيْخِنَا عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ،
And in the register are the books of Abu Hanifa, the books of al-Humaydi, and the books of our sheikh Abd al-Wahhab.
الْوَهَّابِ al-Wahhab
The second half of the compound name, completing 'servant of the All-Giving'. As the owned member of that pairing it carries al- and the genitive. It locks together with the first half into a single proper name.
The English is machine-translated.
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Words from the same root
- وَهَبَ to give (properly, as a free, disinterested gift)
- هِبَةٌ a gift, a free gift bestowed without compensation
- وَاهِبٌ one who gives; a giver
- مَوْهِبَةٌ a gift bestowed
- مَوْهُوبٌ given, granted as a gift
- استوهب to ask someone for a gift
Common questions
- How do you say "Bestower" in Arabic?
- وَهَّاب (wahhāb) — an intensive epithet meaning one who gives abundantly and freely, without expecting anything in return.
- What does وَهَّاب mean as a name of God?
- As a divine epithet, wahhāb describes God as the one who bestows liberally and repeatedly, purely as a free gift, never for any compensation.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).