Rabia

See also: rabia, rabiá, ràbia, rabià, and râbia

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”). A near homophone is Arabic رَابِعَة (rābiʕa), the feminine of رَابِع (rābiʕ, “fourth”), from أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Hence Rabia can also mean "the fourth female".

Proper noun

Rabia

1. A female given name from Arabic, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia Basri.

Anagrams

• baria, braai