name
Zulfiya
zool-FEE-yah
zʊlˈfiːjɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Zulfiya
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tatar (Russia)
- Meaning
- a Tatar feminine name derived from the Arabic dhulfiya or from dhulfikar, the name of the legendary bifurcated sword of the Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib; in the Tatar literary and poetic tradition, however, Zulfiya is associated with the word zulf, meaning a lock of hair or ringlet, and the name evokes the classical image of beauty in Persianate and Turkic poetry in which a beloved's curling hair is a metaphor for the power to ensnare hearts; among the Volga Tatars, one of the most historically significant Turkic Muslim peoples of Russia whose Kazan Khanate was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552, the name carries centuries of poetic and romantic resonance
- Gender
- female
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