What is the origin of the name Safir?
1: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’. Compare Sapir.2: Muslim (mainly Maghreb and the Indian subcontinent): from a personal name based on Arabic safīr ‘ambassador [...]
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...in Jerusalem, and of which Jacob Saphir saw the Prophets in tlie possession of the Karaite congregation at Cairo (Eben... (Cairo, Unknown country - 1868)
...in Jerusalem, and of which Jacob Saphir saw the Prophets in tlie possession of the Karaite congregation at Cairo (Eben... (Cairo, Unknown country - 1868)
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...in Hebrew, were published by Jacob Saphir in his Eben Sappir" (i. 82b-87b). David Giinzburg published in the Steinschnelder Festschrift"... (Unknown country - 1687)
...in Hebrew, were published by Jacob Saphir in his Eben Sappir" (i. 82b-87b). David Giinzburg published in the Steinschnelder Festschrift"... (Unknown country - 1687)
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...Saphir, Jacob... (Unknown country - 1788)
...Saphir, Jacob... (Unknown country - 1788)
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...Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb... (Unknown country - 1788)
...Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb... (Unknown country - 1788)
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What is the origin of the name Safir?
1: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from northeastern Yiddish dialect safir and German Saphir ‘sapphire’. Compare Sapir.2: Muslim (mainly Maghreb and the Indian subcontinent): from a personal name based on Arabic safīr ‘ambassador [...]