Etymology

Saffar

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

Arabic صَفَّار
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromصَفَّار
  2. English todaySaffar

Borrowed from Arabic صَفَّار (ṣaffār). The exoplanet is named after 11th-century astronomer Ibn as-Saffar of Muslim Spain.

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