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أَسْمَاء
Esma
ES-ma
“Sublime, lofty.”
About Esma
Esma is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "sublime, lofty" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish form of Asma.
Standard in Turkish Muslim families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Esma's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Esma
- What does the name Esma mean?
- Esma (أَسْمَاء) means "Sublime, lofty". Turkish form of Asma.
- Is Esma a name from the Qur'an?
- Esma does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Esma a boy or a girl name?
- Esma is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Esma come from?
- Esma is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters S-M-W. Standard in Turkish Muslim families.
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