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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saffar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saf-far
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Arabic.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Upsilon Andromedae b, an exoplanet approximately 44 light-years away from the Sun in the constellation of Andromeda.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَّار (ṣaffār). The exoplanet is named after 11th-century astronomer Ibn as-Saffar of Muslim Spain.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: صَفَّار

Usage

Inflected Forms

Saffars (plural)

Questions

What does saffar mean?
A surname from Arabic.
Where does saffar come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce saffar

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