rabia

Proper noun

A female given name used by Muslims, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia Basri.
The name used by Muslims to refer to the Biblical character Rebekah.

Origin

From Arabic ربيع (rabiʿ, “spring”). A near homophone is Arabic رابعة (rābiʿa), the feminine of رابع (rābiʿ, “fourth”), from أربعة (ʾarbaʿa, “four”). Hence Rabia can also mean "the fourth female".

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The departure from the cave and setting out on the way to Medina is assigned to the ninth day of the third month, Rabia I.
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The siege had lasted 65 - others say 40 - days, when the news came of the death of Yazid, which took place presumably on the r4th of Rabia I, 64 (rath November 683).
But Abu Moslim contrived to re-awaken their mutual distrust and jealousy, and, taking advantage of the opportunity, made himself master of Merv, in Rabia II.

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