Safar

[ suh-fahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Safar

/ səˈfɑː /

Origin of Safar¹

First recorded in 1710–20; from Arabic ṣafar, perhaps akin to ṣafira “to be empty, devoid”; cipher ( def )

Origin of Safar¹

from Arabic

"By Safar, if you doubt your welcome at Careba, wait till you show your wares," another Calera said.

This may have been a usual halting-place on a journey (safar) north.

Scared the fear of Safar into a party of Caleras while we were working at low altitude, by the way.

He then took his pupil to Egypt, which country they reached in the month of Safar in the year 335 of the Hegira.

Bgh-i-yrnchq may be an equivalent of Bgh-i-safar, and the place be one of waiting up to (nchq) the journey (yr).

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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