Saffar

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proper noun

A surname from Arabic.

OriginArabic صَفَّار →
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Meanings

proper nounSaffar (countable and uncountable, plural Saffars)

plural Saffars

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Arabic.
  2. countableuncountableUpsilon Andromedae b, an exoplanet approximately 44 light-years away from the Sun in the constellation of Andromeda.

Origin

  1. Arabicصَفَّار
  2. EnglishSaffar

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

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APA

Saffar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saffar

MLA

“Saffar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saffar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Saffar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Saffar.

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