Aghar (transliteration: Agharr, Arabic: ّأغر) is an Arabic name for boys that means “honorable”1, “highly respected”2. It also means “white-colored” (for example when describing the color of an animal).34
Aghar may also be spelled as Agher, Agharr and Agar.
There are two Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Aghar:
- al-Aghar bin Yasar al-Muzani الأغر بن يسار المزني
- al-Aghar al-Ghaffari الأغر الغفاري
Below is the name Aghar written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Aghar written in Arabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Taj al-Lughah wa Sihaah al-Arabiyyah by al-Jawhari (d. 1003 CE), entry for غرر.
- Ibid.
- Kitaab al-Ain by al-Khaleel bin Ahmad al-Faraahidi (d. 786 CE), entry for غر.
- Al-Muhkam wal Muheet al-Aadham by Ibn Seedah al-Mursi (d. 1066 CE), entry forغر.
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