Given name & surname · Urdu
آفتاب
“sunshine”
آفتاب is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “sunshine.”
UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: āftāb.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “sunshine.”
Where it comes from
آفتاب comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Middle Hindi.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian آفْتَاب, from Middle Hindi آفتاب.
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The story
First recorded c.
آفتاب’s family of names
In Urdu usage, آفتاب can be written in the Roman alphabet as āftāb.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named آفتاب
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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