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Farah
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farah
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from en ar فَرَح joy.
en ar ف ر ح
Pronunciation
en /ˈfærə/ /ˈfɛərə/ usually
en /ˈfɑrɑx/ rare approaching the Arabic
Proper noun
s
en Arabic.
en female Arabic.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Farah is the 5203rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6718 individuals. Farah is most common among Black/African American (48.33%) and White (42.13%) individuals.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en fa فراه farâh.
Proper noun
en Q180330 en province c/Afghanistan.
en 2 October 2026 Mamoon Durani Flora Drury Children are dying falling into abandoned Afghan wells - this is how one five-year-old was rescued BBC News The number of wells increased "enormously" after 2020, Sadid says, and satellite imagery suggests there are now half a million. Most are in the Helmand River Basin, particularly in Helmand, Kandahar, Farah and Ghazni provinces. 4 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261003230422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-d6bbd286-0e31-406e-852b-53f6c7ee0767
en Q593156 en provincial capital p:Suf/Farah c/Afghanistan.
Translations
city in Afghanistan
Bengali: bn ফরাহ fôrah
Bulgarian: bg Фарах
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法拉 Fǎlā
Hindi: hi फ़राह
Korean: ko ^파라
Persian: fa فراه farâh
Tajik: tg Фароҳ
province of Afghanistan
Bengali: bn ফরাহ fôrah
Bulgarian: bg Фарах
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法拉省 Fǎlāshěng
Hindi: hi फ़राह
Korean: ko ^파라
Persian: fa فراه farâh
Tajik: tg Фароҳ
Anagrams
en aafhr Rafah
French
fr:
Etymology
fr ar فَرَح joy.
Pronunciation
+ [h:[h]]
Proper noun
f
fr female Arabic