Etymology

Jibril

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Today it means: A male given name from Arabic used chiefly among Muslims, the Arabic version of Gabriel. Full definition →

Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl) ← Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl)
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrewגַּבְרִ (gaḇr)
  2. Biblical Hebrew־י (-ī)
  3. Biblical Hebrewגַּבְרִי (gaḇrī)
  4. Biblical Hebrewגַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾēl)
  5. Arabicجَبْرَائِيل (jabrāʔīl)
  6. Arabicجِبْرِيل (jibrīl)
  7. English todayJibril

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl). Doublet of Gabriel.

Words from the same roots

Arabicجِبْرِيل all →

Djibril

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.