Ateek (transliteration: ʿAtīk, Arabic: عتيك) is an Arabic name for boys that means “very hot” (when describing a day).12
There are four Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Ateek:
- Ateek bin Bilal al-Ansari عتيك بن بلال الأنصاري
- Ateek bin al-Taihan عتيك بن التيهان
- Ateek bin al-Harith bin Ateek عتيك بن الحارث بن عتيك
- Ateek bin Qais bin Haishah عتيك بن قيس بن هيشة
Ateek is the name of an Arabian tribe from Yemen.3
Below is the name Ateek written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Ateek written in Aabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for عتك.
- Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names (Sultan Qaboos University, 1985), entry for عَتِيك.
- Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE), entry for عتك.
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