Sawdah
/ˈsaʊ.də/noun
A feminine Arabic given name, also transliterated Sawda or Sawdah.
Did you know?Sawdah is famously associated with Sawdah bint Zamʿah, one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad; the name is the feminine form of Arabic aswad, meaning “black.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*s-w-d
“A reconstructed root associated with blackness or dark color”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
aswad (أَسْوَد)
“Black; the masculine form of the color adjective”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
sawdāʾ (سَوْدَاء)
“Black or dark; the feminine form of aswad”
7th Century
Arabic
Sawdah (سَوْدَة)
“A feminine personal name borne by Sawdah bint Zamʿah”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
al-Sūdān (السُّودَان)
“The blacks; the Arabic name from which Sudan ultimately derives”
Modern English
English
Sawdah
“A transliterated Arabic feminine given name”
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