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- Origin: Arabic فارعة
- Meaning: “lofty; tall; towering; slender; slim; beautiful; handsome; pretty.”
- Gender: feminine
- Pronunciation: Arabic: fah-REE…AH; Urdu: FAR-yah
The name is derived from the Arabic word فَارِع (fari) which can mean “tall; lofty” and also “slim; slender” as well as “beautiful; handsome; pretty.” It is derived from the Arabic verbal root ف ر ع (f-r-‘) meaning, “to ascend.” The same root shares is also related فَرْع (farʿ), meaning “tree branch; hair; mountain top; upper part,” which is why some websites list it as meaning, “beautiful hair.”
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