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Abdul

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈæbdʊl/ / /əbˈdʊl/ / /æbˈdʊl/

name

Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).

  1. A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.

    Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in Pakistan, but each time he had been alerted and had disappeared, either into Karachi’s un derground or across the border into Afghanistan.

noun

Etymology: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).

  1. A Muslim.
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