Girl · Arabic · Muslim
Sundus
سندسSay it SUN-dus
- Meaning today
- Fine silk, silk brocade
- Original meaning
- "brocade; silk woven with gold or silver" Steingass, p. 701
- Say it
- SUN-dus
- Written
- سندس
- Other spellings
- Sundas, Sondos
Sundus
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Sundus meaning
Sundus (سندس) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin.
Brocade; silk woven with gold or silver
Also used to mean: fine silk, silk brocade
Sundus (سندس) is an Arabic word for a rich silk. Steingass's Persian dictionary defines it as brocade, silk woven with gold or silver. The word is Quranic: the people of Paradise will wear "green garments of sundus and istabraq", fine silk and heavy brocade (18:31; also 44:53 and 76:21). Name lists give Sundus as "fine silk" or "silk brocade", which matches. The name is used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan, partly because of its Quranic setting.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 701 · entry sundus (سندس) · See the entry
In the Quran: 18:31 (sundus (سُنْدُسٍ)) · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, sundus, p. 701 · Quran 18:31 · Quran 76:21
Spellings
Sundus · Sundas · Sondos