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Zahra (Arabic: زهراء) is a female given name and surname. Among Arabs, the name became popularized as a result of being the name of Muhammad’s daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra. [2] The name was also popularized by the Persian empire's influence in the Indian subcontinent, respectively.
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.
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).
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al-Zahra al-Jadeeda, neighborhood in Damascus, Syria; Buin Zahra, city in Iran; Medina Azahara city ruins, (Arabic: Madīnat az-Zahrā) in Córdoba (Spain) Sarah (disambiguation) Sahra, track and album by Algerian musician Khaled; Zahra's Paradise, political webcomic set in modern Iran; Zahra's Blue Eyes, Iranian television series