Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jafar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: ja-far
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Arabic, Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَعْفَر (jaʕfar). A transliteration of an Arabic and Persian male given name.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جَعْفَر

Inflected Forms

Jafars (plural)

Questions

What does jafar mean?: A male given name from Arabic, Persian
Where does jafar come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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