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આફ્રીન
Pronunciationaf-reen
GenderFemale
Language(s)Kurdish, Morrocan,Persian, Turkish, Finnish
Origin
Word/nameTurkey
MeaningBeautiful, enlightenment
Other names
Alternative spellingAfreen
Variant form(s)Afryn

'Afreen/Afrin آفرین/આફ્રીન is a female name.

Origin

The name Afreen/Afrin is mainly used in the Morrocan and Egyptian culture. It has many meanings, including "most powerful rose" in Arabic, "delightful and elegant" in Urdu, "encouragement of goodness" in Turkish, مهتاب ("moonlight") in Persian, and "gem" in Egyptian.

The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary by R.S. McGregor gives the translation "beauty", as does A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic by Hans Wehr.

The primary translation is "the most beautiful one".[citation needed]

The initial way to spell the name is "Afreen" and pronounced as <af-reen>, but it can also be spelled "Afryn", "Afrin", and "Aafreen".

"Aafreen Aafreen (Variation of Afreen)" is a 1996 song sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It was remade in 2016 for an episode of Coke Studio, sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Momina Mustehsan.