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Ababil
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English
Etymology
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en :bor ar:أَبَابِيل 1
From en ar أَبَابِيل, birds described in the Qur'an as pelting stones, made of the same material as those that rained on Sodom, on the elephant army sent by Abraha, the Axumite lord of Yemen, to attack the Kaaba in the year when the prophet Muhammad was born (around 571 AD). en ar ء ب ل
Proper noun
en Islam A race of such birds.
en military An Iranian made UAV.
Translations
Bird
Arabic: ar اَلطَّيْرُ الأَبَابِيل m, ar أَبَابِيل m
Azerbaijani: az Əbabil
Bengali: bn আবাবীল
Hindi: hi अबाबील p
Kyrgyz: ky Абабийл
Persian: fa ابابیل abâbêl
Russian: ru Абабиль
Turkish: tr Ebabil
Urdu: ur ابابیل abābīl