Safar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Safar
First recorded in 1710–20; from Arabic ṣafar, perhaps akin to ṣafira “to be empty, devoid”; cf. cipher ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Safar worked as the chair of anesthesiology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine when he collaborated with Hallen to found Freedom House.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022
Committee member Hisham Safar told the BBC that cooking-oil traders artificially inflate the amount of subsidised goods they sell in order to claim more money back from the government.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022
Nathalie Safar, one of the investment bank’s most senior women, is leaving her position as global equities chief operating officer after eight years in the role, a second staff memo seen by Reuters showed.
From Reuters • Mar. 19, 2019
Peter Safar, an Austrian doctor had recently developed the basics of CPR.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2017
That year fever became epidemic at Lahore, and on the 11th of the month of Safar Mullah Shah had another attack, which carried him off on the night of the 15th of the same month.
From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Field, Claud
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