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Re: The origin and meaning of the name "Nodira"
It is indeed an Uzbek name, but it's also common in Tajikistan. Like others have said, the name does mean "rare"; it's the Uzbek form of the Arabic name Nadira, itself from نَادِر (nādir) meaning "rare, extraordinary" (see Nadir).
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