صَفْوَانَ Safwan in Arabic
صَفْوَانَ is how you say “Safwan” in Arabic.
Root ص ف و ṣ-f-w. proper noun (masculine given name; from a common/collective noun). ṣafwān.
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Meaning of Safwan in Arabic
- Safwan (a masculine given name) The pattern فَعْلَان (ṣafwān) is diptote, which is why this form appears without tanwīn when used as a name.
- a hard, smooth rock; smooth stones (collective) As a common noun, denotes large, hard, smooth stone(s) bare of any growth; unit noun is صَفْوَانَةٌ (ṣafwānah).
Example sentence
فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبُو صَفْوَانَ،
Then Abu Jahl came to him and said, "O Abu Safwan,"
صَفْوَانَ Safwan,
The name closing the 'father of...' address, owned by the kunya head. It completes the byname of the man being called.
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How it is used
صَفْوَان belongs to the root ص ف و, whose core sense is clarity and purity (contrasted with turbidness). As a common noun it names a hard, smooth rock or a collective of smooth stones so bare that nothing grows on them — the same word used in the well-known Qur'anic simile of a rock covered in dust. Because the فَعْلَان pattern is diptote, this same word also serves as the masculine personal name Safwan, appearing here in its accusative form without tanwīn.
Words from the same root
- صَفَا to be clear, limpid, or pure (of water, wine, air)
- صفّى to clarify, purify, strain
- صافى to treat with pure sincerity, reciprocal true friendship
- اصطفى to choose, select, elect (as pure/best)
- صَفَاءٌ clarity, purity
- صَفْوَةٌ the clear, best, or choicest part of a thing
- صَفِيٌّ a close, chosen friend
- صَافٍ clear, pure (active participle)
More example sentences
فَقَالَتْ لَهُ يَا أَبَا صَفْوَانَ وَقَدْ نَسِيتَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ أَخُوكَ الْيَثْرِبِيُّ
She said to him, "O Abu Safwan, have you indeed forgotten what your brother the Yathribi told you?"
صَفْوَانَ Safwan
The name closing the 'father of...' address, owned by the kunya head. It completes the byname of the man being called.
Common questions
- How do you say "Safwan" in Arabic?
- صَفْوَان (ṣafwān).
- What does the name Safwan literally mean?
- It comes from the root ص ف و ('to be clear, pure'); as a common noun صَفْوَان denotes a hard, smooth rock or smooth stones bare of growth.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).