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Zahira - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zahira
 
 


The girl name Zahira [ syll. za-hi-ra, zah-ira ] is pronounced ZahHHIHRah KEY. Zahira is of Arabic origin and it is also used mainly in Arabic. Derived from the word zahir with the meaning 'apparent, manifest, bright'. Zahira is the feminine equivalent of the Arabic, Swahili, and Turkish Zahir.

Zahira is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Zahira include the English Zaria, the Arabic Zahrah, the Italian and Spanish Zaira, the English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Zara, the German Zarah, and the Slavic Zora.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Zahira: Z as in "zee (Z.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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