Name Iffat
Gender Feminine
Usage Arabic, Urdu, Bengali (Muslim)
Scripts عفت (Arabic, Urdu), ইফ্ফাত (Bengali)
Other Forms FormsEffat
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Meaning & History
From Arabic عَفَا (ʿafā) meaning "to forgive, to excuse". A notable bearer was Iffat Al-Thunayan (1916–2000), a queen of Saudi Arabia and the wife of King Faisal Al Saud (1906–1975).