Idris

See also: idris and İdris

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Idris f, also m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Platygastridae – certain parasitoid wasps.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Platygastroidea - superfamily; Platygastridae - family; Scelioninae - subfamily; Baeini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): For some of the many species, see Idris (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Idris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Idris (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Idris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Idris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Welsh Idris.

Proper noun

Idris

1. A male given name from Welsh, popularized by actor Idris Elba.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs).

Proper noun

Idris

1. (Islam) a prophet in Islam; traditionally identified with the biblical Enoch.
2. A male given name from Arabic.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 490:

     "Where do you keep your cash, bub?" asked Idris hoarsely. His American was better than Hassan's English.

3. A surname from Arabic [in turn transferred from the given name]

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• Adam
• Idris
• Nuh
• Hud
• Saleh
• Ibrahim
• Lut
• Ismail
• Ishaq
• Yaqub
• Yusuf
• Ayoub
• Dhul-Kifl
• Shuaib
• Musa
• Harun
• Dawud
• Sulaiman
• Yunus
• Ilyas
• Al-Yasa
• Zakariya
• Yahya
• Isa
• Muhammad

Anagrams

• disir, irids

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i.dres]
• Rhymes: -dris, -is

Proper noun

Idris (Jawi spelling إدريس)

1. (Islam) A prophet in Islam.
2. a male given name from Arabic

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔidɾis/ [ʔɪd̪ˈɾis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: Id‧ris

Proper noun

Idris (Sulat Sūg spelling اِدْرِسْ)

1. (Islam) A prophet in Islam.
2. a male given name from Arabic

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh Iudris, from *jʉð (“lord”) + an uncertain second element, likely the root of the name Rhys.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Idris m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Cadair Idris

Descendants

• → English: Idris