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Also known as جعفر

Jafar (), meaning in Arabic "stream", is a masculine name of Arabic origin, common among middle eastern and Muslim men, especially in Iran.

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Instance of
male given name
Said to be same as
Jafar
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native label
جعفر
language of work or name
Arabic
Soundex
J160
Cologne phonetics
037
Caverphone
YF1111
transliteration or transcription
Ja'far
writing system
Arabic alphabet
Commons category
Ja'far (given name)

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Historical persons
  • Modern persons
  • Given name
  • Jafar
  • Jaafar
  • Ja'far
  • Jaffar
  • Jaffer
  • Cafer
  • Gaafar
  • Xhafer
  • Middle name
  • Surname or patronymic
  • Xhaferi
  • Derived names
  • Fictional characters
  • See also
  • References

Jafar (), meaning in Arabic "stream", is a masculine name of Arabic origin, common among middle eastern and Muslim men, especially in Iran.

It may also be written Jafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaafar, or in the Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, Gafar or Gaafar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ja'far” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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