Aawar (Name)

Aawar (transliteration: Aʿwar) is an ancient Arabic boy name that means “one who has bad eyesight”¹, “deficient”², “vincible” (exposed to attack)³ (it is common for ancient Arabian names to have negative meanings).

There are two companions of the Prophet Muhammad with the name Aawar:

• al-Aawar bin al-Ward الأعور بن الورد
• al-Aawar bin Bashamah الأعور بن بشامة

Aawar may also be spelled as Aawer, Awer, A’war and Awar.

Below is the name Aawar written in the Arabic naskh script:

Below is the same name written in the calligraphic ruʿqah script

1. Al-Misbaah al-Muneer by al-Fayyumi (d. 1368 CE), entry for عور.
2. Majma` Bihaar al-Anwaar by al-Fattini (d. 1578 CE), entry for عور.
3. Mu`jam al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah al-Mu`aasirah by Ahmad Mukhtar Umar (d. 2003 CE), entry for عور.