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“the Lord has remembered”
Language contexts for this entry: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
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01 / Meaning & origin
Захар is a masculine given name documented in Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Ζαχαριας via Hebrew. It is a form of Zakhar, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “the Lord has remembered”.
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Meaning: “the Lord has remembered”
From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה through Ancient Greek Ζαχαριας (Zakharias).
Происходит от ивр. זכריה (z’kharyá) «Захария» (букв. «помнящий Яхве»), далее из прасемитск. формы *ðikar-.
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04 / Through time
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Russian writer and politician (born 1975)
Ukrainian chess player
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