Dzhokhar

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/dʒoʊkɑːr/

proper noun

A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].

OriginRussian Джохар ← Chechen Джовхӏар ← Arabic جَوْهَر →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].

    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.

    2013 April 19, Matt Pearce, Neela Banerjee, Laura J. Nelson, Richard Serrano, “Bombing suspects are brothers: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025, retrieved 19 Apr 2013

Origin

  1. Classical Persianگوهر
  2. Arabicجَوْهَر
  3. ChechenДжовхӏар
  4. RussianДжохар
  5. EnglishDzhokhar

From Russian Джохар (Džoxar), from Chechen Джовхӏар (Džovhar), from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar).

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APA

Dzhokhar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dzhokhar

MLA

“Dzhokhar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dzhokhar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dzhokhar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dzhokhar.

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