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Talha

طلحہ

Say it TAL-ha

Meaning today: Fruitful tree, banana tree
Original meaning: "a large thorny tree of Hijaz, the gum-acacia" Lane, p. 1865
Say it: TAL-ha
Written: طلحہ
Other spellings: Talhah

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Talha meaning

Talha (طلحہ) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.

Meaning today

Fruitful tree, banana tree

Original Arabic meaning

"a large thorny tree of Hijaz, the gum-acacia"

Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon, Book I, Part 5 (1874), p. 1865 · entry ṭalḥ (طَلْحٌ), root ṭ-l-ḥ · See the entry
In the Quran: 56:29 (ṭalḥ (طَلْحٍ)) · checked 25 Oct 2026

Talha (طلحہ) is the Arabic ṭalḥa, a single tree of the kind called ṭalḥ. Lane identifies ṭalḥ as the gum-acacia, a large tree of the Hijaz, Egypt and Nubia with curved thorns and very hard wood, and records old Arabian stories about it, including a gum-acacia near Mecca that was worshipped as an idol until it was cut down. The Quran mentions ṭalḥ manḍūd among the delights of Paradise (56:29); some English translations render this as banana trees, and name lists give Talha as "fruitful tree" or "banana tree". The name is honoured above all through Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, one of the earliest companions of the Prophet.

References: Lane, ṭ-l-ḥ, p. 1865 (Part 5 scan, leaf 149) · Quran 56:29 · Wikipedia, Talha ibn Ubayd Allah