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وِجْدَان

Wijdan

wij-DAAN

Deep feeling; conscience.”

About Wijdan

Wijdan is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "deep feeling; conscience" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

From the Arabic root و-ج-د meaning 'to find, to feel'. Refers to inner sentiment and the seat of intuition.

Used across the Levant and Iraq.

Origin & roots

Origin

Arabic

Gender

Girl

Also spelled

Wedjan

Root letters

و ج دW-J-D

In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Wijdan is one such word.

How to say it

wij·DAAN

Stressed syllable in capitals

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Wijdan: Meaning, Pronunciation, and Origin · Houdhoud