Forename directory - Names / meaning for "Zulieka"

People with the first name "Zulieka"

Information about "Zulieka"

For this Zulieka there are 2 different names on Yasni.

In the ranking of the most common first names Zulieka is on position 4589.

Meaning of "Zulieka"

Light, fair... Persian Name..

Zuleika is the name given to the wife of Potiphar in Jewish legend and Muslim scripture, although she is only mentioned as the "wife of 'Azeez." The word 'Azeez is the Qur'an's honorific title designated for Potiphar.
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The most famous tale about Zuleika is told in a Jewish legend and in the Muslim Qur'an.
Zuleika was mocked by other aristocratic Egyptian ladies, her circle of friends, for being infatuated with a Hebrew slave boy. Inviting her friends to her home, Zuleika gave them all oranges and knives to peel them with. While they engaged in this task, Zuleika had Joseph walk through the room. Distracted by his handsomeness, all the ladies cut themselves with the knives, drawing blood. Zuleika then reminded her friends that she had to see Joseph every day. Following this incident, her contemporaries no longer mocked her

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