Jaʽfar
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"Jafar" redirects here. For other uses, see Jafar (disambiguation).
Jaʽfar (Arabic: جَعْفَر), meaning in Arabic ”stream/rivulet/creek," is a masculine name of Arabic origin, common among Muslims especially in Iran.[1]
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Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʤaʕ.far] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈgæʕ.fɑɾ] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | "River” |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Jafar, Jaafar,Jaʽafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur, Gafar, Gaafar, Cafer, Džafer, Cəfər |
Related names | Jifar (name) |
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It may also be transliterated Jafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur, or, in Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, Gafar or Gaafar.
The Turkish spelling of the name is Cafer, the Azerbaijani Cəfər, the Bosniak Džafer and the Albanian Xhafer.