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جعفر
جعفر (ja'far) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Arabic and Persian.
Arabic and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Ja'far.
Meaning & origin
جعفر’s family of names
In Persian usage, جعفر can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ja'far.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named جعفر
- Ja'far al-SadiqMuslim scholar and Imam (died 765)699–765
- Jafar PanahiIranian film directorborn 1960
- Al-Mutawakkil10th Abbasid caliph (822–861, r. 847–861)
- Al-MuqtadirThe eighteenth Abbasid Caliph895–932
- Gaafar NimeirySudanese President (1931-2009)
- Ja'far ibn Abi TalibCompanion (Sahabi) and cousin of Muhammad (c. 590–629)589–629
- Jafar Sharif-EmamiPersian engineer and politician (1910-1998)
- Ja'far ibn Yahya8th century Vizier of Harun al-Rashid's Court760–803
- Jafar JabbarlyAzerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter (1899-1934)
Characters named جعفر: Jafar (Aladdin character).
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