Shatha or chada (
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: ''shadha'' ''chada''(in french)
شذى - shortened written form,
شذا - full-long written form), also spelt Shada, is an Arabic female given name meaning "scent, fragrant,
[A Dictionary of First Names 0198610602 Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006] aroma" (with a
base note of
fragrance notes).
The name may also refer to the "perfume, scent of
musk
Musk is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery. They include glandular secretions from animals such as the musk deer, numerous plants emitting similar fragrances, and artificial substances with similar odors. ' ...
".
Literally, it refers to the act of "the strength, intensity and scattering, diffusing smell by breaking the young ''oudh'' (
agarwood
Agarwood, aloeswood, eaglewood, gharuwood or the Wood of Gods, commonly referred to as oud or oudh (from , ), is a fragrant, dark and resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small Woodworking, hand carvings.
It forms in the heartwood of ...
) to be perfumed (on oneself) with it."
Notable people with the name include:
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Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi
Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi () is an Iraqi women's rights activist.
As a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and specifically a member of Iraq's Human Rights Committee, she has worked to pass human rights legislation. She joined The ...
, Iraqi women's rights activist
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Shatha Hassoun
Shatha Amjad Al-Hassoun (; born 3 March 1981 in Casablanca, Morocco), better known as Shatha Hassoun (), is a Moroccan-Iraqi singer, who rose to fame as the winner of the 4th season of the pan-Arab television talent show '' Star Academy Arab Wo ...
, Shada Hassoun, Iraqi female singer
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Shada Nasser
Shada Nasser () (born May 1, 1964, in Aden) is the first female Yemeni lawyer and the first female lawyer to not cover her face in Yemen courts. She studied and acquired a law degree from Charles University in Prague in (1989), after which she re ...
, Yemeni lawyer
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Shatha Mousa Sadiq
Shatha Mousa Sadiq al-Musawi () was elected to Iraq's transitional National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislatur ...
, Iraqi politician
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Shatha Obeidat, Jordanian Human Resource management researcher
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Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names