জফর

See also: জাফর

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar, “victory”). Cognate with Hindi जफर (japhar), Turkish zafer.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔfoɾ/, [ˈd͡ʒɔfoɾ], /zɔfoɾ/, [ˈzɔfoɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑɔfoɹ/, [ˈdʑɔfoɹ], /zɔfoɹ/, [ˈzɔfoɹ]

Proper noun

জফর • (jophor) (objective জফর (jophor) or জফরকে (jophroke), genitive জফরের (jophorer), locative জফরে (jophore))

1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Zafar