Etymograph

English

Mustafa

Mustafa comes from Arabic مُصْطَفَى ‘the chosen one’, and goes back to اِصْطَفَى ‘to choose’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentاِصْطَفَىiṣṭafā‘to choose’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُصْطَفَىmuṣṭafā‘the chosen one’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Mustafa

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentاِصْطَفَىiṣṭafā‘to choose’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentمُصْطَفَىmuṣṭafā‘the chosen one’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Mustafa

Earliest quotation: 2025, Tom Bennett, Palestinians in West Bank stranded as Israel shuts only inte: “Prominent Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti told the BBC the…”

Every English word from Arabic اِصْطَفَى

Today it means

name A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic اِصْطَفَى / Mustafa

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