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Re: What about Baheejah?
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The Arabic feminine name "Baheejah", "Bahija", or "Bahijah" means "joy". The Arabic feminine name "Baseemah", "Basimah", "Basma", or "Basmat" means "smiling"."Baseemah" is a feminine form of the Arabic masculine name "Bassam", which literally means: "he who smiles a lot".Here's a 'net reference to the meaning of the masculine name "Bassam":http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1729/arabicnames.txt-- Nanaea
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what about qudsiai want to know how this name originated and its meaning. i want to know its roots.
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well there r many thoughts to the origin of this name.. lemme enlighten u on a few...1) the Pure gift of God - as my parents version
2) its is a celestial bird
3) the name of a flower.. the botanical name
4) chastity adn celestialnow the roots of this name also are sometiems connected to Quds also known as palestine. now the Quds comes from Muqadas meaning PureI hope u will hav found an answer to ur Question... best of luck...
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I think this name is nice and every child is 'JOY':):)
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