name
Meaning 1
A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Abdul
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈæbdʊl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /əbˈdʊl/
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US: /æbˈdʊl/
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rhymes with -ʊl
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CMU ARPABET: AE0 B D UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A Muslim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: Əbdül — male given name
- Bengali: আব্দুল (abdul) — male given name
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿卜杜勒 (Ābǔdùlè) — male given name
- Dutch: Abdoel — male given name
- Dutch: Abdel — male given name
- French: Abdoul — male given name
- German: Abdul — male given name
- Hindi: अब्दुल (abdul) — male given name
- Indonesian: Abdul — male given name
- Kazakh: Абдул (Abdul) — male given name
- Malay: Abdul — male given name
- Malay: Abdu al- — male given name
- Marathi: अब्दुल (abdul) — male given name
- Polish: Abdul — male given name
- Russian: Абду́л (Abdúl) — male given name
- Turkish: Abdül — male given name
- Uyghur: ئابدۇل (abdul) — male given name
- Uzbek: Abdul — male given name
Real reading context