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Tahira - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tahira

[ syll. ta-hi-ra, tah-ira ] The girl name Tahira is pronounced TahHHIHRah KEY. Tahira's language of origin is Arabic and it is also predominantly used in Arabic. The meaning of Tahira is 'pure, chaste, virtuous'. The name Tahira was an epithet of both Khadija and Fatima, respectively the first wife and daughter of Mohammed. The form Táhirih was a title borne by the 19th-century Persian poet and theologian Fatima Baraghani. Tahira is the feminine version of the Arabic Tahir. A form of the name is the Iranian Táhirih.

Tahira is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Tahira include the English Taraea, the English, Indian, and German Taria, the English Tarreara, the English Tayllor, the Iranian Táhirih, the German Theodore, the English Theodra, the English Tiaira, the English Tiairra, the English Tiara, the English Tiarah, the English Tiarra, the English Toria, the English Torria, the English Torya, the English Tahra, the English Taira, the English Tairra, the English Tara, and the English Tarah.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Tahira: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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