Jaʿfar

E727837

Arabic masculine given name Islamic given name theophoric name

Jaʿfar is a prominent Arabic male given name of Islamic origin, historically associated with notable early Muslim figures.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ja'far	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic masculine given name ⓘ Islamic given name ⓘ theophoric name ⓘ
associatedWithTribeOrLineage	Banū Hāshim through Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib GENERATED ⓘ
culturalContext	Arab culture ⓘ Islamic culture ⓘ
etymologicalMeaning	small river ⓘ stream ⓘ
frequencyRegion	Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasDiminutiveOrNicknameForm	Abu Jaʿfar (as teknonym for bearers of the name) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShortForm	Jaf NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransliteration	Jaafar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jafar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ja‘far NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling	Jaafar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jafar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jafer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaffar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Ahl al-Bayt NERFINISHED ⓘ Companions of the Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ early Islam ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Arabic ⓘ
nameCategory	given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
nameType	personal name ⓘ
notableBearer	Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
onamasticField	Arabic onomastics ⓘ
orthographicFeature	often written with apostrophe to mark ʿayn in Latin script ⓘ
phoneticFeature	contains voiced pharyngeal fricative ʿayn ⓘ
religiousAssociation	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance	associated with revered early Muslim figures ⓘ
religiousUsage	common among both Sunni and Shia Muslims ⓘ
script	Arabic script ⓘ
semanticField	nature ⓘ water ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslims ⓘ Persian-speaking Muslims ⓘ South Asian Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib → givenName → Jaʿfar ⓘ

al-Mutawakkil → givenName → Jaʿfar ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Mutawakkil

Rudaki → givenName → Jaʿfar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ja'far

Ja'far ibn Yahya → givenName → Jaʿfar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ja'far