Dzhokhar (name)

Dzhokhar or Dƶoxar is a Chechen masculine name of Perso-Arabic origin () , 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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