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Gender Feminine
Usage Judeo-Spanish
Scripts אלגוהר(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsAliafer, Aliofar, Aliofara (Latin ablative), Alioifar, Alior, ריאו'גלא (Aljoeir)
Meaning & History
Medieval Navarran Jewish name, derived from Andalusian Arabic الجوهر (al-jawhar) meaning "the jewel", from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar) "jewel, gem, pearl", from Persian گوهر (gowhar). This name was used by Jewish women in the medieval kingdom of Navarre, occurring in 14th- and 15th-century documents written by Jews in Hebrew or Ladino.