Ayash (transliteration: ʿAyyāsh, Arabic: عيّاش) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who lives well”, “one who has a good state of living”, “one who has a good life”.12 It also means “one who makes bread”, i.e. “baker”.34
Ayash is also spelled Ayyash, Ayaash, Aiyash and Ayyaash.
There are two Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Ayash:
- Ayyash bin Abi Rabee`ah عياش بن أبي ربيعة
- Ayyash bin Alqamah bin Abdullah عياش بن علقمة بن عبد الله
Below is the name Ayash written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Ayash written in Arabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane (d. 1876), عيش.
- Ahmad Mukhtar Umar, Muʿjam al-Lugha al-ʿArabīya al-Muʿāṣira (d. 2003 CE), عيش.
- Ibid.
- Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names (Sultan Qaboos University, 1985), عَيّاش.
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