sharif
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Sha·rif 
[shah-reef] Pronunciation Key
[shah-reef] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “exalted.” |
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| sha·rif
(shə-rēf') Pronunciation Key
n. Variant of sherif. |
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| she·rif also sha·rif
(shə-rēf') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Arabic šarīf, noble, from šarufa, to be highborn; see śrp2 in Semitic roots.] |
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sharif
sharif
1560, shereef, from Arabic sharif "noble, glorious," from sharafa "to be exalted." A descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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