جعفری

Persian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a Northern Iranian dialect, probably Mazanderani جفری (jaferi). Cognate with Transoxianan Persian obsolete ژافه (žāfa, a kind of herb, saffron?), Sanskrit जवा (javā, saffron, rose). Related to زعفران.

Noun

جعفری (ja'fari)

  1. parsley

Etymology 2

From جعفر (ja'far) + ـی (-i).

Proper noun

جعفری (ja'fari)

  1. A surname, Jafari.
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