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زَارَة
Zara
ZAH-rah
“Flower; radiant.”
About Zara
Zara is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "flower; radiant" — an Arabic-Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Modern name derived from the Arabic root ز-ه-ر (radiance, blooming). Sometimes treated as a variant of Zahra.
Modern, crosses easily into English.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Persian
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Zahra
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Zara is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Zara
- What does the name Zara mean?
- Zara (زَارَة) means "Flower; radiant". Modern name derived from the Arabic root ز-ه-ر (radiance, blooming). Sometimes treated as a variant of Zahra.
- Is Zara a name from the Qur'an?
- Zara does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Zara a boy or a girl name?
- Zara is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Zara come from?
- Zara is an Arabic-Persian name, built on the root letters Z-H-R. Modern, crosses easily into English.
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