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Zara is a feminine given name and a surname.. It is a spelling variant of the Arabic female name Zahra. [1] which means beautiful, radiant, and divine. [2]It is possible that the name has Hebrew origins in the word saraja, translating to sovereign, ruler, or a woman of high rank.
The name was also popularized by the Persian empire's influence in the Indian subcontinent, respectively. [citation needed] Zahra is also used as a surname, particularly in Malta. [citation needed] The names are may be transliterated in various ways, such as Zehra in Turkish language, Zahra(h), Zara, Zuhra, Zahraa and Zohrah. [citation needed]
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /
The pronunciation of "Newquay" is not really counter-intuitive, given that it is pronounced identically to "new quay". Granted, the pronunciation of the common noun "quay" is counter-intuitive, so maybe that's why "Newquay" gets on this list. — 217.46.147.13 14:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC) []
Zarina was the name of a queen who ruled the Scythians to the east of the Caspian Sea in the 4th century BC according to a report by Ctesias. [1] According to a historical 2023 study, a trend has emerged where Slavic names without suffixes have become more popular, such as Zara, Mila, Mira, Neda, Rada, and Tsveta replacing names such as Zarina. [2]
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The Proto-Indo-European reconstructed goddess of the dawn is *H₂éwsōs.Her name was reconstructed using a comparative method on the basis of the names of Indo-European goddesses of the dawn, e.g. Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, or Vedic Ushas; similarly, on the basis of the common features of the goddesses of the dawn, the features of the Proto-Indo-European goddess were also reconstructed.