Avicenna

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UK, US/ˌævɪˈsɛnə/

proper noun

Persian polymath (c. 980–1037).

OriginMedieval Latin Avicenna ← Arabic اِبْن سِينَا →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ebn-e Sina · alternative Ibn Sina · alternative Ibn Sīnā · alternative Pur-e Sina · alternative Pursina · alternative Auicen

  1. Persian polymath (c. 980–1037).

    Auicen saythe; There be certeyne medicins... which wyl not suffre poyson to approche nere the harte, as triacle and Metridate.

    1528, Joannes de Mediolano, translated by Thomas Paynell, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni, page 33

Origin

  1. Arabicاِبْن سِينَا
  2. Medieval LatinAvicenna
  3. EnglishAvicenna

From Medieval Latin Avicenna, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā).

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Translations

Arabic اِبْن سِينَا
  • اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā)Persian polymath
Catalan Avicenna
  • AvicennaPersian polymath
Chinese Mandarin 伊本·西那, 阿維森納 /阿维森纳
  • 伊本·西那 (Yīběn-Xinà)Persian polymath
  • 阿維森納 /阿维森纳 (Āwéisēnnà)Persian polymath
French Avicenne
  • AvicennePersian polymath
German Avicenna
  • AvicennaPersian polymath
Italian Avicenna
  • AvicennaPersian polymath
Japanese イブン・スィーナー, アウィケンナ
  • イブン・スィーナー (Ibun-Sīnā)Persian polymath
  • アウィケンナ (Avikenna)Persian polymath
Persian ابن سینا, پور سینا
  • ابن سینا (ebn-e sinâ)Persian polymath
  • پور سینا (pur-e sinâ)Persian polymath
Polish Awicenna
  • AwicennaPersian polymath
Russian Ибн Си́на, Авице́нна
  • Ибн Си́на (Ibn Sína)Persian polymath
  • Авице́нна (Avicénna)Persian polymath
Spanish Avicena
  • AvicenaPersian polymath
Turkish İbn-i Sina
  • İbn-i SinaPersian polymath

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Avicenna

antennaViennaJennasiennahennasennagenaGlennaKennarectennaTorpenhow
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Anagrams

avenacin
Cite this entry
APA

Avicenna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avicenna

MLA

“Avicenna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avicenna. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Avicenna,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Avicenna.

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