Meaning: Its source is an Arabic expression meaning "Emigrant."

Languages: This girl's name is used in Arabic.

Narrative: This is equivalent to the English name Hagar. It was the name of the concubine of Ibrahim (Abraham), who gave birth to his son Ismail, the forefather of the Arab people.

When Sarah, Ibrahim's wife, gave birth to Isaac despite her advanced age, she persuaded her husband to abandon Hajar and Ismail in the desert. In a desperate search for water, Hajar traversed the distance from Al-Safa to Al-Marwa seven times before God took pity and revealed to her the well of Zamzam.

Hajar is revered as the mother of the Arabic people. One of the rituals of the obligatory Islamic Holy Pilgrimage is to traverse the distance between the two hills seven times, just as Hajar did in her search for life-sustaining water.