"Safar" meaning in English

See Safar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Safars [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar), from صَفِرَ (ṣafira, “to be empty”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|صَفَر}} Arabic صَفَر (ṣafar), {{root|en|ar|ص ف ر}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Safars}} Safar (plural Safars)
  1. The second month of the Islamic calendar. Categories (topical): Islam, Islamic calendar months Translations (the second month of the Islamic calendar): صَفَر (ṣafar) [masculine] (Arabic), Safàr̃ [masculine] (Hausa), सफ़र (safar) [masculine] (Hindi), सफर (saphar) [masculine] (Hindi), Safar (Indonesian), サファル (Safaru) (Japanese), сафар (safar) (Kazakh), Safar (Malay), bulan nahas (Malay), صفر (safar) (Persian), сафер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), safer [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сафар (safar) (Tajik), safer (Turkish), سەفەر (sefer) (Uyghur), safar (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-Safar-en-name-XId5aYWi Disambiguation of Islam: 91 9 Disambiguation of Islamic calendar months: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hausa translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hausa translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'the second month of the Islamic calendar': 96 4
  2. A surname, potentially of German or Arabic origin
    Sense id: en-Safar-en-name-xOhBVDXt Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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