Girl · Arabic · Muslim
Samina
ثمینہSay it sa-MEE-naa
- Meaning
- High-priced, of high value, precious (feminine of thamīn) Lane, p. 355
- Say it
- sa-MEE-naa
- Written
- ثمینہ
- Other spellings
- Sameena, Thamina, Thameena
Samina
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Samina meaning
Samina (ثمینہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin.
High-priced, of high value, precious (feminine of thamīn)
Samina is the Urdu pronunciation of Arabic thamīna, written ثمینہ. It is the feminine of thamīn, from the root th-m-n, which gives thaman, 'price'. Lane's lexicon defines thamīn as high-priced, of high value, or having a price, so the name means something precious. Because Urdu sounds the Arabic letter th as s, the name is spoken and usually spelt Samina in India and Pakistan, while Arabic speakers say Thamina. The spelling matters: written with the ordinary s (سمینہ), the word would suggest samīn, 'fat', a point Islamic scholars sometimes make to parents. Baby-name lists give 'precious' or 'valuable', the dictionary sense.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon, Book I, Part 1 (1863), p. 355 · entry ثَمِين (root ثمن) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, thamīn, p. 355 (scan)
Spellings
Samina · Sameena · Thamina · Thameena