Affan

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic
Scripts عفّان (Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /ʕaf.ˈfaːn/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "chaste, modest, pure" in Arabic, from the root عفّ (ʿaffa) meaning "to refrain, to be chaste" [1] . This was the name of the father of the caliph Uthman.

Related Names

Rootʿaffa
Other Languages & CulturesAfan (Bosnian)

Popularity

  1. Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 730.

Categories


AltStyle によって変換されたページ (->オリジナル) /