Abdi

Also known as Abdi (first name), Abdi (given name)

Abdi is an Arabic male name. ==Arabic name== While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (&lrm; / '') rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word / / ''. The name translates as "servant of God" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.

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Soundex: A130
Cologne phonetics: 012
Caverphone: APT111
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Abdi is an Arabic male name. ==Arabic name== While Arabic speakers commonly use Abdu (&lrm; / '') rather than Abdi, both are nicknames for Abdul. It originates from the Arabic word / / . The name translates as "servant of God" in reference to religious submission to Allah (God). As such, it is often used by Muslims around the world in conjunction with one of the names of God in Islam, but also sometimes on its own.

==Biblical name== Abdi is the name of three men in the Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, Abdi (עַבְדִּ֖י) literally means "my servant", but may be an abbreviation for "servant of Yahweh". In Abdi is a Levite of the family of Merari. In Abdi is a Levite in the time of King Hezekiah of Judah. This may be the same man as in 1 Chronicles 6:44. In Ezra Abdi'' is the son of Elam, and one of a long list of men who had married foreign wives, and who then sent them away together with their children.