جعفری

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʔ.fa.ˈriː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʔ.fä.ɾíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.fä.ɾíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.fä.ɾí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæʔ.fæ.ɹíː]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæː.fæ.ɹíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäʔ.fä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ja'farī
Dari reading^?	ja'farī
Iranian reading^?	ja'fari
Tajik reading^?	ja'fari

Etymology 1

From a Caspian language, probably Mazanderani جفری (jaferi). Cognate with obsolete Transoxianan Persian (žâfa, “a kind of pungent herb”), dialectal (zâfe, “a kind of Persian shallot”), and Sanskrit जवा (javā, “saffron, rose”). Possibly also related to (za'farân, “saffron”).

Influenced through folk etymology by the name (ja'far), famously held by Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Ja'far al-Sadiq. Compare گل لالب‌بوسی (gol-e lâ-lab-busi, “Mirabilis jalapa”) which most people recognize as گل لاله‌عباسی (gol-e lâle-abbâsi, literally “the tulip of Abbas”).

Noun

جعفری • (ja'fari)

parsley
ja'fari didam ke bar ja'far savâr
ja'fari mixord o az ja'far gozašt
I saw a [man named] Ja'far riding on a camel
he was eating parsley and crossed the stream

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: cəfəri

Etymology 2

From (ja'far) +‎ (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Proper noun

جعفری • (ja'fari)

a surname, Jafari