আবাবীল

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Noun

আবাবীল • (ababil)

1. (Islam) Ababil

   খোদার সৈন্য আবাবিল তারে ধ্বংস করিল অতর্কিতে

   khodar śoinnô ababil tare dhôṅśô kôrilô ôtôrkite

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Golam Mostofa

References

• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh