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Given name · Bengali

জাফর

“river, creek”

জাফর (japhor) is a masculine given name from Arabic, meaning “river, creek.” It is used in Bengali.

BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: japhor.

Meaning & origin

What it means

জাফর means “river, creek.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

জাফর comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic جَعْفَر (“river, creek”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

জাফর’s family of names

In Bengali usage, জাফর can be written in the Roman alphabet as japhor. In Bengali usage, জাফর has a related form in জফর. In Bengali usage, জাফর has a related form in জফর.

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জাফরjaphorজফরযাফরJafarZafarJa'farجعفر

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Nicknames & forms 2

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named জাফর

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