Given name · Urdu
ابراہیم
ابراہیم (ibrāhīm) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Urdu.
UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Abraham.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ابراہیم comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian اِبْرَاهِیم, from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم, from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
First recorded c.
ابراہیم’s family of names
In Urdu usage, ابراہیم has a conventional equivalent in the English form Abraham. In Urdu usage, ابراہیم has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 亞伯拉罕.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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