Meanings
proper noun
alternative Abubakar
- IslamA senior companion, the closest friend, and, through the marriage of his daughter Aisha, the father-in-law of Muhammad, recognized in Sunni Islam as the first of Muhammad's rightly-guided successors (the Rashidun caliphs).
- A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Transliteration of Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr, literally “father of a young camel; father of a person named Bakr”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Aboe Bakr
- Aboe BakrTranslations
Arabic أَبُو بَكْر
- أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr)Translations
Bengali আবু বকর
- আবু বকর (abu bokor)Translations
Bulgarian Абу Бакр
- Абу Бакр (Abu Bakr)Translations
Chinese Cantonese 阿布伯克爾 /阿布伯克尔
- 阿布伯克爾 /阿布伯克尔Translations
Chinese Mandarin 阿布·伯克尔
- 阿布·伯克尔Translations
Dutch Aboe Bakr
- Aboe BakrTranslations
Greek Αμπού Μπακρ
- Αμπού Μπακρ (Ampoú Bakr)Translations
Hebrew אבו בכר
- אבו בכרTranslations
Hindi अबू बकर
- अबू बकर (abū bakar)Translations
Japanese アブー・バクル
- アブー・バクルTranslations
Korean 아부 바크르
- 아부 바크르 (abu bakeureu)Translations
Latin Abubacer
- AbubacerTranslations
Latvian Abū Bekrs
- Abū BekrsTranslations
Lithuanian Abu Bakras
- Abu BakrasTranslations
Portuguese Abacar
- AbacarTranslations
Punjabi ਅਬੂ ਬਕਰ
- ਅਬੂ ਬਕਰ (abū bakar)Translations
Turkish Ebû Bekir
- Ebû BekirTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
Abu Bakr. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Abu%20Bakr
MLA
“Abu Bakr.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Abu%20Bakr. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Abu Bakr,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Abu%20Bakr.
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