Abdullah

See also: Abdu'llah

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه ‎(ʿabdu llāh, “servant of God”), from عَبْد ‎(ʿabd, “servant”) + اللّٰه ‎(allāh, “the All-highest,” “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)
• 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
• Yiddish: אַבדאַללאַ m ‎(abdalla)

See also

• Abdul, Abdel, Hurairah

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Turkish

Proper noun

Abdullah

1. A male given name