Samira (also spelled Samirah, Sameera, and Sameerah /sæˈmiːrə/, ar, سميرة is an Arabic female given name. It is derived from the
root
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s-m-r ('to spend the night in talking'), ultimately meaning ''night-companion'', ''entertaining companion'', ''the one with lively conversation''. The masculine version of this name is
Samir.
In
Sanskrit
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, Sameera (IAST: samīraḥ, Sanskrit: समीरः) is a masculine name, meaning "breeze, wind", or "the god of wind".
[https://sanskritdictionary.com/sam%C4%ABra/252695/1] Many people with the name deriving from Sanskrit shorten their name to
Samir or Sameer.
People
Samira
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Samira Ahmed (born 1968), British television reporter
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Samira Asghari (born 1994), Afghan member of the International Olympic Committee
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Samira Awad (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
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Samira Bellil (1972–2004), French feminist working for the rights of women in traditional Muslim settings
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Samira Besic
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, German of singer of Bosnian origin of the Eurodance group
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Samira Efendi
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, Azerbaijani singer, who will represent
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in the
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Samira Gutoc (born 1974), Filipino journalist and politician
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Samira Makhmalbaf (born 1980), Iranian film director
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Samira Mighty
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(born 1996), English television personality and actress
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Samira Mubareka (born 1972), Canadian clinical scientist
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Samira Said (born 1958), Moroccan pop singer
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Samira Shahbandar, Saddam Hussein's second wife
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Samira Tewfik
Samira Ghastin Karimona ( ar, سميرة غسطين كريمونة; born 25 December 1935), better known by her stage name Samira Tewfik ( ar, سميرة توفيق, surname also spelled ''Tawfik'', ''Tawfiq'', ''Toufiq'' or ''Taoufiq'') is a Leba ...
(born 1935), Lebanese Syrian singer of Bedouin dialect
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Samira Wiley (born 1987), American actress
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Princess Samira, a fictional princess in
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Sameera
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Sameera Al Bitar (born 1990), Olympic swimmer from Bahrain
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Sameera bint Ibrahim Rajab, Bahraini politician
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Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist
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Sameera Perera (born 1988), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Sameera Reddy (born 1980), Indian film actress
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Sameera Sadamal (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Sameera Saneesh, Indian costume designer in Malayalam film
Fictional characters
* Samira, The Desert Rose, a playable champion character in the MOBA video game ''
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Samirah al-Abbas, a character in
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See also
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Sameera (disambiguation)
Sameera may refer to:
* ''Sameera'' (film), a 1981 Hindi film
*Sameera (given name), or Samira, including a list of people with the name
*Nuwan Sameera (born 1985), Sri Lankan cricketer
See also
*Sameer (disambiguation)
*Samir
Samir (variantl ...
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Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population ...
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Samir, masculine form of the name
References
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Arabic feminine given names
Iranian feminine given names
Bosnian feminine given names
Indian masculine given names
Indian feminine given names