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about kunyah
can we use name of our daughters ?
for example: um aisha
or it is a must to use son's name?
Aug 4, 2013 3:21 PM
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In my country your kuniah should depend on this form om/abu your first son name , in the case that you don't have son then you can have kunyah related to your elder daughter till you beget a son , then your kuniah would be changed into your son name
For example , if you have daughter called "aisha" your kuniah would be Om aisha ,
If you beget another daughter "Noor" your Kuniah still the same , if you beget a son "Omar"
Then your Kuniah is Om omar ..............
F you haven't have any child yet ......then you can choose any kuniah that you like.
August 4, 2013
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Yes we can , and its good
August 4, 2013
2
We use name of the eldest child. So, if the daughter is elder than the son, her name can be used.
August 4, 2013
2
Of course we can!
August 4, 2013
1
Of course it isn't a "must" for a teknonym to be derived from the son's name. It ought to be derived from the name of the oldest child. However, you will find parents calling themselves "mother/father of Rana," but the moment they conceive a boy, they decide to be "mother/father of Ziyad." Sometimes parents decide to stick to the oldest daughter's name even after conceiving a boy, but friends and family insist on giving them teknonyms after the son's name. There are even parents who have only daughters and no sons, yet they invent a name of an "imaginary" son and use it. If anything, it shows the amount of unjustifiable misogyny existing in Arab societies. I think teknonyms should be abolished as they deprive a person of their own identity. Your name is the first thing that defines you. Call it a personal prejudice of mine. But I digress again. Feel free to have a kunya derived from your (future) daughter's name regardless.
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