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نَهِير
Nehir
NEH-heer
“River.”
About Nehir
Nehir is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "river" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish for river, ultimately from Arabic 'nahr'. Used as a modern Turkish feminine name.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Nehir's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Nehir
- What does the name Nehir mean?
- Nehir (نَهِير) means "River". Turkish for river, ultimately from Arabic 'nahr'. Used as a modern Turkish feminine name.
- Is Nehir a name from the Qur'an?
- Nehir does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Nehir a boy or a girl name?
- Nehir is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Nehir come from?
- Nehir is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters N-H-R.
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