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Where does “Mustafa” come from?
Mustafa (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Persian مصطفی, from Arabic مُصْطَفَى — the chosen one.
Ancestry of “Mustafa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Persian
مصطفی
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2
Arabic
مُصْطَفَى
the chosen one
Words derived from “Mustafa”
Mustapić
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