Is it permissible to name a child "Taym Allah," knowing that the meaning of "Taym" is "servant," so the meaning of the name would be "Abdullah"?
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There is no religious impediment to naming a child "Taymullah" because its meaning is "Abdullah" (servant of Allah), as stated in Ibn Manzur's "Lisan al-Arab": "Its origin is from their saying, 'Love enslaved him (tayamahu),' meaning it made him a slave and subdued him, so he is 'mutayyam' (enslaved). The meaning of 'Taymullah' is 'Abdullah' (servant of Allah)."
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