Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

safar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: sa-far
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The second month of the Islamic calendar.

name

A surname, potentially of German or Arabic origin

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar), from صَفِرَ (ṣafira, “to be empty”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: صَفَر, ص ف ر

Inflected Forms

Safars (plural)

Synonyms

saphar

Questions

What does safar mean?: The second month of the Islamic calendar.
Where does safar come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce safar

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