Etymology

Iftikhar

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Today it means: A surname from Arabic. Full definition →

Arabic اِفْتِخار
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromاِفْتِخار“haughtiness, loftiness”
  2. English todayIftikhar

Borrowed from Arabic اِفْتِخار (iftiḵār, “haughtiness, loftiness”), a popular surname in Pakistan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.