Maliha ( ur, ملیحہ) is a feminine
given name. The name definitely stems from the
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
adjective singular "''malāḥah''
مَلَاحَة" which the plural variant form is "''malīḥ''
مَليح" or "''milāḥ''
مِلَاح", meaning "state of being gorgeous or graceful" or "state of beauty, grace, elegance".
People with the name include:
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Maliha Ali Asghar Khan
Maliha Ali Asghar Khan is a Pakistani politician from Mansehra District, belong to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf who had been member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 2018 until January 2023. She also served as a member of ...
, Pakistani politician
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Maliha Hussein (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
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Maliha Khatun (died 2002), Bangladeshi educationist, writer and social worker
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Maliha Masood
Maliha Masood is a Pakistani-American writer. She was born 1971 in Karachi, Pakistan. She moved to the United States in 1982 and grew up in Bellevue, Washington. Masood is a writer in creative nonfiction and the author of two travel memoirs, ''Zaa ...
(born 1972), American writer
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Maliha Zulfacar (born 1961), Afghan university professor
See also
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Malha
Malha is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, between Pat, Ramat Denya and Kiryat Hayovel in the Valley of Rephaim. Before 1948, Malha was an Arab village known as al-Maliha ( ar, المالحة).
History Antiquity
Excavations in Malha reve ...
, neighborhood in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, formerly a village known as ''al-Maliha'' ( ar, المالحه)
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Al-Malihah
Al-Malihah ( ar, المليحة, also spelled al-Mleha or Al Mulayhah) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the eastern outskirts of Damascus to the west of Jaramana, in the Ghouta area. N ...
, town in
Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the ...
,
Syria (
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
: المليحة)
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Pakistani feminine given names
Urdu feminine given names