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Khairunnisa

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Pronunciation
  
[xɑjˈrunˈiːsɑ]

Word/name
  
Arab World

Region of origin
  
Middle East

Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
Woman with good deed

Related names
  
Khayrat, Khayriyya

Khairunnisa (Arabic: خير النساء‎‎) is an Arabic female given name. The name is transliterated as Hayrünnisa in Turkey. Khair means peace and "nisa" or "nissa" means lady, so the complete name means "Lady Of Peace" or other translations show that the names means 'The Best Of Women' . The fourth (4th) surah aka chapter in "The Quran" (Muslim Holy Book) is also names "Al-Nissa" meaning "THE WOMEN", chapter dedicated to women and their rights per Islam. There are several names with the suffix "Nissa" like Mehrun-nissa,Zebun-nisa, the name "Nissa" can be used independently and written as "Nissa", "Nisa", "Nysa", "Neesa" and "Nessa". It is also a unique name and can also sometimes be spelt as kherunnisa or khair-un-niza.

References

Khairunnisa Wikipedia