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- Kunya_(Arabic) abstract "A kunya (Arabic: كنية, kunyah) is a teknonym in Arabic names, the name of an adult derived from his or her eldest child. A kunya is expressed by the use of abū or umm in a genitive construction, i.e. \"father of\" or \"mother of\" as an honorific in place of or alongside given names in the Arab world and the Islamic world more generally.A kunya is a component of an Arabic name, a type of epithet, in theory referring to the bearer's first-born son or daughter. By extension, it may also have hypothetical or metaphorical references, e.g. in a nom de guerre or a nickname, without literally referring to a son or a daughter. Use of a kunya implies a familiar but respectful setting.".