- Meaning
- Righteousness, goodness
- Arabic
- صلاح
- Say it
- sa-LAAH
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Written with a ha (صلاح). The prayer, salah (صلاة), is a different word.
Other spellings
Salaheddine, Selahattin
Names from the same root (ص ل ح)
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Questions about Salah
What does Salah mean?
Salah means: Righteousness, goodness. Written with a ha (صلاح). The prayer, salah (صلاة), is a different word.
Is Salah in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Salah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salah is a boy’s name.
How do you write Salah in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Salah is written صلاح.