First Adhān

Ẓafar

ظَفَر

Say it ZA-far

Victory, success

At a glance

Gender
Boy
Arabic root
ẓ-f-r
Origin
Arabic
Also spelled
Zafar, Dhafar, Zafer

Meaning & source

Victory, success: ẓafar is winning against the one you contend with.

  • وَقَدْ ظَفِرَ بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ وظَفِرَهُ ظَفَراً، مِثْلَ لَحِقَ بِهِ ولَحِقَهُ فَهُوَ ظَفِرٌ، وأَظْفَرَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ وظَفَّرَهُ بِهِ تَظْفِيراً

    Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root ẓ-f-r (vol. 4, p. 519)

Who carried this name

We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.

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