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Where does “Latife” come from?

Latife (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لطیفه, from Arabic لَطِيفَة — the delicate, graceful, gentle, friendly.

Ancestry of “Latife”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلطیفه—
2Arabicلَطِيفَةthe delicate, graceful, gentle, friendly
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