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Meaning 1
A race of tiny birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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Meaning relationships
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Proper Name guide
Ababil
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Meaning 2
An Iranian made UAV.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Etymology
From Arabic أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl, “tiny birds”), described in the Qur'an as dropping red clay bricks on the army of elephants, sent by the king of Yemen to attack the city of Mecca, in the year (571 AD) when the prophet Muhammad was born.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اَلطَّيْرُ الأَبَابِيل (aṭ-ṭayru l-ʔabābīl) — Bird
- Arabic: أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl) — Bird
- Azerbaijani: Əbabil — Bird
- Bengali: আবাবীল (ababil) — Bird
- Hindi: अबाबील (abābīl) — Bird
- Kyrgyz: Абабийл (Ababiyl) — Bird
- Persian: ابابیل (abâbêl) — Bird
- Russian: Абабиль (Ababilʹ) — Bird
- Turkish: Ebabil — Bird
- Urdu: ابابیل (abābīl) — Bird