Abdullah

  • [ ‘ahb-DAH:L-lah (Arabic), ‘ahb-DOOL-lah (Arabic), ahb-dool-LAH (Turkish) ]
  • Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian
Variant transcription of ABD ALLAH, as well as the regular Turkish, Malay and Indonesian form.

ABD ALLAH   male   Arabic
Means "servant of ALLAH" from Arabic عبد ('abd) "servant of" combined with الله (Allah). This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father. He died before his son's birth.
ALLAH   male   Theology
Derived from Arabic الإله (al-ilah) meaning "the deity". It is primarily used to refer to the Islamic God, though it was originally used by pre-Islamic Arabs, and is sometimes used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews.
EQUIVALENTS
ARABIC: Abd Allah, Abdullah
BOSNIAN: Abdulah
INDONESIAN: Abdullah
MALAY: Abdullah
PERSIAN: Abdollah
TAJIK: Abdullo, Abdullohi
TURKISH: Abdullah
OTHER FORMS
THEOLOGY: Allah