Sarah
साराprincess, noblewoman
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Zara
ज़ारा
princess
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Zara is most often read as ‘princess’, from one of its two documented proposals: a form of Hebrew Sarah, associated with ‘princess’, or a borrowing connected with Arabic Zahra, ‘flower’. These are separate explanations. The evidence does not provide a Persian derivation. The name is best described through the two documented proposals, without treating similar Arabic forms as identical.
No dictionary entry documents this spelling with that sense, so the meaning above is the one families use, not a dictionary definition. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
ज़ारा is read zaa-raa, in two syllables with long vowels. Zarah and Zaara are alternative Roman spellings. Zahra is a distinct Arabic form containing an h that Zara lacks, so its pronunciation and source should be checked separately. The dot under ज़ marks z.
Also spelled Zarah, Zahra, Zaara.