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[Facts] Re: MEANING OF MY FIRST NAME IN ARABIC
Shafi and Shafi'a are variants of Shafiz/Shafia from the word shafiq meaning 'compassionate, sympathetic, from shafaqa 'to sympathize' or 'to pity'. I would assume the Shafee spelling was a phonetic rendering.cheersDevon
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