name
Zulfia
zool-FEE-ah
zuːlˈfiːɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Zulfia
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Bashkir (Russia)
- Meaning
- a Bashkir feminine name derived from the Arabic Zulfa or Zulfiya meaning one with beautiful long hair or the one who has attained perfection; widely popular across the Bashkir, Tatar, and broader Turkic Muslim communities of Russia and Central Asia; reflects the deep Islamic heritage of the Bashkir people who adopted Islam in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and have maintained a rich tradition of Quranic education and Sufi-influenced folk spirituality
- Gender
- female
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