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Huzzy_786
Could anyone tell me the meaning of my name: Huzaifa
Huzaifa is an arabic name pronounced : Hudheifa : حذيفة
It's also the name of a sahabi : Hudheifa ibnul Yaman.
Meaning in arabic:
the word hudhaifa حذيفة is a diminutive form of the word hudhaafa حذافة which - derived from the verb hadhafa حذف (to remove, to extract, to cut, to take a part from sthg) - means "what is taken from". Which means a little thing taken from a bigger thing.
1) The interpretation of Hudheifa could be : the extract or the best part taken from something, the best of something.
2) Another meaning is : the little thing or the short thing. It could mean the short man, or the little plant.
3) A name for a bird who resembles the duck or the geese.