"Traditional Arabic name"
The name Safina is commonly a female name from the "Arabic" origin.
Safina is the Arabic word for ship, from the root s-f-n, and it is used as a feminine given name in Arabic-speaking communities and in East Africa, where Swahili took the word from Arabic. The same word appears in the Quran, at 18:71. The name is the ordinary noun used as a personal name, not a separate name with its own etymology.
The pronunciation of Safina is suh-FEE-nuh.
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