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BoyChechen, Avar & North Caucasian

Dzhokhar

Джохар

From a Persian-Arabic word for a jewel or a precious essence.

Meaning and origin

Dzhokhar is a Chechen given name built on a Persian word for a gem or a precious essence, a word that also passed into Arabic and returned to the naming stock of the Muslim Caucasus.

How to pronounce Dzhokhar

English (US)joh-HAR /dʒoʊˈhɑːr/

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