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ثُرَيَّا
Thuraya
thu-RAY-ya
“The Pleiades star cluster.”
About Thuraya
Thuraya is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "the pleiades star cluster" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Variant of Soraya. Name of the Pleiades.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Thuraya is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Thuraya
- What does the name Thuraya mean?
- Thuraya (ثُرَيَّا) means "The Pleiades star cluster". Variant of Soraya. Name of the Pleiades.
- Is Thuraya a name from the Qur'an?
- Thuraya does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Thuraya a boy or a girl name?
- Thuraya is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Thuraya come from?
- Thuraya is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Th-R-Y.
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