Girl · Persian · Muslim
Shagufta
شگفتہSay it sha-GUF-ta
- Meaning today
- Blooming, cheerful
- Original meaning
- "blossomed, in full bloom; (figuratively) cheerful" Steingass, p. 757
- Say it
- sha-GUF-ta
- Written
- شگفتہ
- Other spellings
- Shugufta, Shigufta, Shaguftah
Shagufta
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Shagufta meaning
Shagufta (شگفتہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin.
Blossomed, in full bloom; (figuratively) cheerful
Also used to mean: blooming
Shagufta (شگفتہ) is the Persian shigufta, "blossomed", from the verb shiguftan, "to bloom"; Urdu speakers usually say it as shagufta. Steingass's Persian dictionary defines it as blossomed or blown, like a flower fully open, and lists compounds that carry the idea over to people: shigufta-khāṭir, "happy-minded", and shigufta-rū, "of placid countenance". Name lists give Shagufta as "blooming" or "cheerful", both in line with the dictionary. It is a girls' name used by Urdu-speaking Muslims in India and Pakistan.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 757 · entry shigufta (شگفته) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, shigufta, p. 757
Spellings
Shagufta · Shugufta · Shigufta · Shaguftah