Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian
مصطفی
مصطفی (mustafâ) is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Mustafa.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Arabic مُصْطَفَى; its root is Arabic ص ف و.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
مصطفی’s family of names
In Urdu usage, مصطفی has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Mustafa. In Persian usage, مصطفی can be written in the Roman alphabet as mostafâ. In Ottoman Turkish usage, مصطفی can be written in the Roman alphabet as mustafâ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
مصطفی has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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