Etymology

Ibrahim

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Today it means: The prophet Abraham in Islam. Full definition →

Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm) ← Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām) ← Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)
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  1. Biblical Hebrewאַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)
  2. Aramaicאַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām)
  3. Arabicإِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
  4. English todayIbrahim

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm). Doublet of Abraham, Abramo, Avraham, and Abrahan.

Words from the same roots

Arabicإِبْرَاهِيم all →

Ebrahim

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.