# Afrah

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{{Short description|Arabic female given name}}
'''Afrah''' or '''Afraah''' ([Arabic](/source/Arabic): <big>أَفْرَاح</big>, ''afrāḥ'') is an Arabic feminine given name and surname meaning "joyful, happiness, gladness, delight, pleasure, merriment, exhilaration", "high spirits, joy (delight) of the chest" and is also the literal word for "[wedding](/source/wedding)". The name is the plural or the [superlative](/source/superlative) form of the name [Farah](/source/Farah_(name)). Notable people with the name include:

==Given name==
*[Afrah Gomdi](/source/Afrah_Gomdi), Tunisian Paralympic athlete
*[Afrah Nasser](/source/Afrah_Nasser), Yemeni journalist
*[Hussein Kulmiye Afrah](/source/Hussein_Kulmiye_Afrah) (1920–1993), Vice president of Somalia 1969–1991
*[Mohamed Afrah Qanyare](/source/Mohamed_Afrah_Qanyare) (1941–2019), Somali warlord
*[Muktar Hussein Afrah](/source/Muktar_Hussein_Afrah), Somali army officer

==Surname==
*[Abdullahi Afrah](/source/Abdullahi_Afrah) (1953–2008), Somali leader in the Union of Islamic Courts
*[Abdulahi Ahmed Afrah](/source/Abdulahi_Ahmed_Afrah), Somali politician
*[Mohamed Afrah](/source/Mohamed_Afrah) (1974–2019), Maldivian film actor

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Category:Arabic-language feminine given names

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