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Re: Xarifa
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It makes me think of Safira - perhaps Xarifa is a metathesis of that name in a way?

"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins

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Islamic name from the name Arifa. Arifa, feminine of Arif. Learned(Intimate knowledge of Allah), expert, authority.
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I doubt it. They didn't have Esperanto in the 15th century.
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