(form-of, noun-from-verb) verbal noun of زَفَرَ (zafara) (form I)
exhalation
Opposite of
شَهِيق
Frequency
Etymology
From the root ز ف ر (z f r). Possibly related to the Greek word Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “west wind”), which is also the origin of the English word zephyr (“light breeze”). However, the possibility that this may be a false cognate is also high.