Iblis

See also: iblis and Íblis

English

Alternative forms

• Iblees, Eblis

Etymology

From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), of Possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b-l-s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibˈliːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Iblis

1. (Islam) Satan; the Devil.
   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold their infernal empire.

   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane” in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     I do believe that Eblis hath
     A snare in ev’ry human path —

Synonyms

• Azazel
• shaitan

Translations

(Islam) Satan; the Devil

• Albanian: iblis m
• Arabic: إِبْلِيس m (ʔiblīs)
• Azerbaijani: iblis (az)
• Bashkir: иблис (iblis)
• Belarusian: іблі́с m (iblís)
• Bengali: ইবলিশ (iboliś)
• Bulgarian: ибли́с m (iblís)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: йиблисы (yiblisɨ)

  Mandarin: 伊布力斯 (yībùlìsī)

• Chuvash: иплеҫ (ipleś)
• Crimean Tatar: iblis
• Esperanto: ibliso
• Finnish: Iblis
• French: Iblis (fr) m
• Hebrew: איבליס m (iblis)
• Hindi: इब्लीस m (iblīs), इबलीस (hi) m (iblīs)
• Hungarian: iblisz
• Indonesian: iblis (id)
• Japanese: イブリース (iburīsu)
• Kazakh: ібіліс (ıbılıs), иблис (iblis)
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• Korean: 이블리스 (ibeulliseu), 에블리스 (ebeulliseu)
• Kyrgyz: иблис (iblis)
• Malay: iblis
• Pashto: ابليس (ps) m (eblís)
• Persian: ابلیس (fa) (eblis)
• Portuguese: Iblis m, Íblis m
• Russian: ибли́с (ru) m (iblís)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: иблис m

  Roman: iblis m

• Swahili: Ibilisi
• Tajik: иблис (iblis)
• Tatar: иблис (tt) (iblis)
• Thai: อิบลีส
• Turkish: İblis
• Turkmen: iblis
• Ukrainian: іблі́с m (iblís)
• Urdu: ابلیس (ur) m (iblīs)
• Uyghur: ئىبلىس (iblis)
• Uzbek: iblis (uz)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Iblees
• Íblis

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs).

Proper noun

Iblis m

1. (Islam) Iblis (the Devil)