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Dzhokhar

/dʒoʊkɑːr/

Dzhokhar proper noun: a male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].

Proper noun

Dzhokhar

  1. A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
    • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.2013 April 19, Matt Pearce, Neela Banerjee, Laura J. Nelson, Richard Serrano, “Bombing suspects are brothers: Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 22...

Origin of Dzhokhar

From Russian Джохар (Džoxar), from Chechen Джовхӏар (Džovhar), from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar).

Questions about Dzhokhar

What does Dzhokhar mean?
Dzhokhar means a male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
What part of speech is Dzhokhar?
Dzhokhar is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dzhokhar?
Dzhokhar is pronounced /dʒoʊkɑːr/.

Words near Dzhokhar in the dictionary

  1. dzhezkazganite
  2. dzhigit
  3. dzhigitovka
  4. dzhigits
  5. dzho
  6. Dzhokhar
  7. dzhos
  8. Dzhudezmo
  9. Dzhugashvili
  10. Dzhugdzhur
  11. Dzhul'fa

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