Girl · Arabic · Muslim
Nashra
نشرہSay it NUSH-raa
- Meaning
- From nashr: spreading out; a sweet odour, because it spreads Lane, p. 2794
- Say it
- NUSH-raa
- Written
- نشرہ
- Other spellings
- Nashrah
Nashra
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Nashra meaning
Nashra (نشرہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin.
From nashr: spreading out; a sweet odour, because it spreads
Nashra is built on the Arabic root n-sh-r, 'to spread out or unfold'. Lane's lexicon gives nashr as spreading or unfolding, as of cloth or news, and also as a sweet odour, so called because a scent spreads; further senses include fresh green herbage that springs up after rain, and even life. On baby-name sites Nashra is glossed as 'spreading', and sometimes as 'blooming', which echoes the herbage sense. The exact form nashra is not a dictionary headword, so the name is best understood through its root. The closest entry in Lane, nushra, is a charm used against illness, a separate word that is not what families mean by the name.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon, Book I, Part 8 (1893), p. 2794 · entry نَشْر (root نشر) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, nashr and nushra, p. 2794 (scan)
Spellings
Nashra · Nashrah