Ashraf
أَشْرَف
Say it ASH-raf
Higher, more exalted
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- sh-r-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Ashraf, Eshref
Meaning & source
Higher, more exalted: “a shoulder that is ashraf is high”.
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وَمَنْكِبٌ أَشْرَفُ: عَالٍ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي فِيهِ ارْتِفَاعٌ حَسَنٌ وَهُوَ نقِيض الأَهدإِ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.