Save Gender Feminine Usage Arabic, Dhivehi Scripts شفاء(Arabic) ޝިފާ(Dhivehi) Pronounced Pron. /ʃi.ˈfaːʔ/(Arabic) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "healing, cure, remedy" in Arabic. Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah (real name Layla) was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, so named because she practiced folk medicine.
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