- Meaning
- Most radiant, shining
- Arabic
- أزهر
- Say it
- AZ-har
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Al-Azhar, the mosque and university in Cairo, carries the same word.
Other spellings
Ezher
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Questions about Azhar
What does Azhar mean?
Azhar means: Most radiant, shining. Al-Azhar, the mosque and university in Cairo, carries the same word.
Is Azhar in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Azhar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Azhar is a boy’s name.
How do you write Azhar in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Azhar is written أزهر.