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بُشْرَى
Bushra
BOOSH-ra
“Good news.”
About Bushra
Bushra is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "good news" — an Urdu-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Common South Asian/Urdu spelling of the Arabic Bushra. From the Arabic root ب-ش-ر.
Very common across Pakistani families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Urdu · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Urdu draws its naming vocabulary directly from Arabic and Persian; Bushra's root letters are at home in all three.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Bushra
- What does the name Bushra mean?
- Bushra (بُشْرَى) means "Good news". Common South Asian/Urdu spelling of the Arabic Bushra. From the Arabic root ب-ش-ر.
- Is Bushra a name from the Qur'an?
- Bushra does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Urdu-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Bushra a boy or a girl name?
- Bushra is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Bushra come from?
- Bushra is an Urdu-Arabic name, built on the root letters B-Sh-R. Very common across Pakistani families.
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