Tayyiba (from Arabic: طيبة, romanized: Ṭayyiba; Hebrew: טייבה; Persian: طیبه; Turkish: Tayyibe; Urdu: طیبہ)[a] is the feminine of the Arabic word tayyib meaning ‘good’. It is used as a feminine given name and in West Asian toponyms:
Given name
- Tayyiba Haneef-Park, American volleyball player
- Tayyibe Gülek, Turkish politician and economist
- Tayyebeh Siavoshi, Iranian politician
- Taiba al-Mawali, Omani politician
- Taibah Al-Ibrahim, Kuwaiti writer
- Tayyaba Hasan, professor of dermatology
- Tayyaba Zafar, astronomer and science communicator
Places
Israel
- Taibe, Galilee, a village in the Jezreel Valley, Israel
- Tayibe, a city in central Israel
Jordan
- Taybeh, Petra, a village in the protected region of Petra, south of Wadi Musa on the road to Aqaba
- At-Taibah District, Irbid, district of the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan
- Taibah, Irbid, a town located in the above district, sharing its name with the district itself
Lebanon
- Taybeh, Marjayoun, a village in southern Lebanon
- Taybeh, Baalbek, a village in northeastern Lebanon
Palestine
- Al-Tayba, Jenin, a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank
- Taybeh, Ramallah, a mainly Christian Palestinian town situated in the Ramallah area, central West Bank
- Taybeh Brewery, in Taybeh, central West Bank
Syria
- Al-Taybah, Daraa Governorate, a village in southwestern Syria, possibly biblical Tob
- Al-Taybah, Homs Governorate, a village in the Syrian Desert
- Al-Taybah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, a village near Damascus, southern Syria
- Al-Taybah, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, a village in Mayadin District, eastern Syria
- Al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah, a village near Homs, central Syria
- Taybat al-Imam, a town north of Hama, central Syria
- Taybat al-Ism, a village northeast of Hama, central Syria.
- Taybah al-Turki, a village east of Hama, central Syria
United Arab Emirates
- Tayyibah, United Arab Emirates, a village in the emirate of Fujairah
Notes
- ^ Also transliterated, with or without the definite article ‘al-‘, ‘at-‘, ‘el-‘ or ‘et-‘: ‘Tayyibah’, ‘Tayibah’, ‘Tayiba’, ‘Tayyibeh’, ‘Tayyibe’, ‘Tayibeh’, ‘Tayibe’, ‘Taybah’, ‘Tayba’, ‘Taybe’, ‘Taiybeh’, ‘Taibah’, ‘Taiba’, ‘Taibeh’, ‘Taibe’, ‘Tibah’, ‘Tiba’, ‘Tibeh’ or ‘Tibe’
See also
- All pages with titles containing Taybeh
- All pages with titles containing Taybah
- Tayyib (disambiguation)
- Tayyip (disambiguation)
- Taibah University, university in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Islamist militant group in Kashmir
- Tayba TV, a Sudanese television channel