Ashraf

(Arabic: أشراف‎, Ashraf): Persons descended (or claiming descent) from the Prophet Muhammad by way of his daughter Fatima. Ashraf (with a long a) is the plural of sharif “noble,” from the root sharafa “to be highborn,” but ashraf (‏أشرف‎) with a short a means “very noble,” “nobler,” “noblest.”