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Gender Feminine
Usage Malay, Indonesian
Scripts شافييه(Malay Jawi)
Other Forms FormsShafiah, Shafiyyah, Shofiyah
Meaning & History
Either means "forgiveness" from Arabic صَفْح (ṣafḥ) meaning "pardon, forgiveness, amnesty" or "healer, curer" from شَفَى (šafā) "to heal, to cure". It can also be considered a form of the name Safiyyah.