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عُظْمَى
Uzma
UZ-mah
“Greatest, supreme.”
About Uzma
Uzma is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "greatest, supreme" — an Arabic-Urdu name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ع-ظ-م meaning 'to be great'. The feminine superlative: the greatest. (Al-Azim, 'the Magnificent', is one of the names of God.) Used as a given name chiefly in South Asia.
Distinctively Pakistani and Indian.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Urdu
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Uzmah, Ozma, Uzmaa
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 Uzma is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Uzma
- What does the name Uzma mean?
- Uzma (عُظْمَى) means "Greatest, supreme". From the Arabic root ع-ظ-م meaning 'to be great'. The feminine superlative: the greatest. (Al-Azim, 'the Magnificent', is one of the names of God.) Used as a given name chiefly in South Asia.
- Is Uzma a name from the Qur'an?
- Uzma does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Urdu name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Uzma a boy or a girl name?
- Uzma is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Uzma come from?
- Uzma is an Arabic-Urdu name, built on the root letters ʿ-Ẓ-M. Distinctively Pakistani and Indian.
- How is Uzma spelled?
- Uzma is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (عُظْمَى) is also written Uzmah, Ozma, and Uzmaa. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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