Etymology

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

Hebrew יפה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromיפה“beautiful, comely”
  2. English todayJaffe

Borrowed from Hebrew יפה (yafé, “beautiful, comely”).

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