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Where does “Zuri” come from?

Zuri (English) comes from Swahili zuri, from Arabic زور, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫.

Ancestry of “Zuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilizurigood, kind; nice; pretty, beautiful
2Arabicزورto incline; to acknowledge as a visitor, to treat...
3Middle Persian𐭦𐭥𐭫—
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