name
Abubakari
ah-boo-bah-KAH-ree
/ɑːbuːbɑːˈkɑːriː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
abubakari
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Dagbani (Northern Ghana); from Arabic Abu Bakr
- Meaning
- Father of the camel calf; name of the first Caliph of Islam, close companion of the Prophet
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Abubakar, Abu Bakr, Abubakr
Pronunciation tips
Five syllables; stress the fourth; this is the West African form of Abu Bakr
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