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Nashwan

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Meaning

Nashwan is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means delirious, drunk, ecstatic. It is the name of a famous Yemeni scholoar, Nashwan al-Humairi (died 573 Hijri) and Nashwan bint Abdullah al-Kinaniyyah (died 880 Hijri), who is a female scholar of hadith.

Pronunciation

Pronounced: Nashwan

Variations

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