Etymology

shereef

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Today it means: A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca. Full definition →

Arabic شَرِيف
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromشَرِيف
  2. English todayshereef

From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and Sharif.

Words from the same roots

Arabicشَرِيف all →

sharifshareefShariff Aguak

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.