Dzhokhar (name)

Dzhokhar or Dƶoxar is a Chechen male name of Perso-Arabic origin (جوهر) , meaning "jewel". It may also be a Russian transliteration of the names Johar, Jawhar, etc., see below.

  • Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944–1996), Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (born 1993), convicted perpetrator of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings

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