Kulthum or Kulsum (Arabic: كلثوم) is an Arabic female given name. It means, "someone with a chubby face" or someone who comprehend people . It is feminized as "Umm Kulthum" (Kulthum's mother).[1]
People who had this name:
- Umm Kulthum
- Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, the wife of 12th Prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif
- Kalsoom Perveen, a Pakistani Politician and a Member of Senate of Pakistan
- Kulsoom Abdullah, a Pakistan American weightlifter
- Kulsum Zamani Begum (1832-1902), Indian princess, daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar the last Mughal Emperor of India
- Kulsum Begum, builder of the Kulsum Begum Masjid, 17th-century princess of the Golconda Sultanate in southern India
People using it in their matronymic/patronymic or surname include:
See also edit
- Umm Kulthum (name)
- Kalsoom
- Kulthum (crater), on Mercury
- Arabic name
References edit
- ^ Raid Naim. "الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي". baheth.info.