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- Arabic · borrowed fromذُو الْقَرْنَيْن
- English todayDhu'l-Qarnayn
From Arabic ذُو الْقَرْنَيْن (ḏū l-qarnayn, literally “the one with the two horns”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The powerful ruler (traditionally believed to be a reference to Alexander the Great) who built the wall that keeps Gog and Magog from attacking mankind. Full definition →
From Arabic ذُو الْقَرْنَيْن (ḏū l-qarnayn, literally “the one with the two horns”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.