Abdullah

See also: Abdu'llah

English

Alternative forms

• Abdulah
• Abdalah, Abdallah
• Abd Allah, Abd' Ulah
• Abdu'llah

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʿabdu llāh, “servant of God”), from عَبْد (ʿabd, “servant”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/
• Rhymes: -ʊlə

Proper noun

Abdullah

1. A male given name. It is a common Islamic name that is favored because it indicates servitude and humility before God. According to a hadith, "The most beloved of your names to Allah, the Mighty and Magnificent, are ‘Abdullah’ and ‘Abdur-Rahman’ (servant of the Most Merciful)". The name was also a favorite of the prophet Muhammad.

Usage notes

Not the same name as Abdul.

Translations

Muslim given name

• Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه‎ m (ʿabdu llāh)
• Armenian: Աբդուլա (Abdula)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿卜杜拉 (zh) (Ābǔdùlā)

• Dutch: Abdoella
• Finnish: Abdullah
• French: Abdullah (fr) m, Abdallah (fr)
• Georgian: აბდულა (abdula)
• German: Abdulla m
• Hebrew: עבדאללה‎
• Hungarian: Abdullah
• Indonesian: Abdullah
• Japanese: アブドラ (Abudora)
• Kazakh: Абдуллаһ (Abdwllah), Қабдула (Qabdwla), Қабдулла (Qabdwlla)

• Korean: 압둘라 (Abdulla)
• Malay: Abdullah (ms)
• Marathi: अब्दुल्ला m (abdullā)
• Persian: عبدالله‎ (fa) (Abdollâh)
• Polish: Abdullah (pl) m
• Portuguese: Abdala, Abdula m
• Russian: Абдулла́ (ru) m (Abdullá)
• Serbo-Croatian: Abdullah, Abdulah
• Somali: Cabdille
• Tatar: Габдулла (Ğabdulla)
• Turkish: Abdullah (tr), Aptullah
• Uyghur: ئابدۇللا‎ (ug) (abdulla)
• Yiddish: אַבדאַללאַ‎ m (abdalla)

See also

• Abdul, Abdel, Hurairah

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Turkish

Proper noun

Abdullah

1. A male given name