English
Saffar
Saffar comes from Arabic صَفَّار ‘Schimpera arabica’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَفَّارṣaffār‘Schimpera arabica’
- EnglishtodaySaffar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentصَفَّارṣaffār‘Schimpera arabica’
- EnglishtodaySaffar
The story
The exoplanet is named after 11th-century astronomer Ibn as-Saffar of Muslim Spain.
Every English word from Arabic صَفَّار
Today it means
name A surname from Arabic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic صَفَّار / Saffar