Bengali

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Etymology

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From জাফর (japhor) + -ঈ (-i), or ultimately from Arabic جَعْفَرِيّ (jaʕfariyy).

Adjective

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জাফরী (jafrī) (comparative আরও জাফরী, superlative সবচেয়ে জাফরী)

  1. Relating to the Jaʽfari school of jurisprudence in Shi'ism.

Proper noun

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জাফরী (jafrī) (objective জাফরী (japhori) or জাফরীকে (japhrike), genitive জাফরীর (japhorir))

  1. a surname from Arabic, Jafri, Jafari