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Abraham
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Abrahám Ábrahám Abrahàm Ábraham abraham
English
,Ibrahim (surah)
250px|thumb|Abraham sends Hagar and Ishmael away (Book of Genesis#Patriarchal age (chapters 12–50) Genesis 21:1–14).
Etymology
en Q9181 :inh enm:Abraham<id:Q9181> 1
From en enm Abraham, from en ang Abraham, from en la-lat Ābrahām, from en grc Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ, from en he אַבְרָהָם 'aḇrāhām Abraham. Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted."Thompson, Thomas L. (2016) [1974]. The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives: The Quest for the Historical Abraham. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. 978-3-11-084144-2. pp. 23-24. Glossed as he אַב aḇ father of + he הֲמוֹן hăˈmōn multitude of in Genesis 17:4–5; or from en he אַבְרָם 'aḇrām Abram. en Ibrahim Avraham Abramo Abrahan.
Pronunciation
en /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/ /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/ RP
en /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/ /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/ US
en /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/ poetic (compare Abram)
en en-us-Abraham.ogg US
en A bra ham
Proper noun
s
en Q9181 en Abrahamism A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar. first attested prior to 11507
en Abram Ibrahim
Genesis 17 5 92 2 Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee.
en 1980 William Neil Werner Keller The Bible as History 7 93 As one would expect of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have lived at the same period, already possessed camels.
en male Hebrew. first attested prior to 1150
en 1961 w:Kurt Vonnegut Mother Night 28 Dell 1975 "Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred."
en John Blake Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It’s complicated w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/us/abraham-lincoln-racism-blake 2021-03-14 Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012114457/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/us/abraham-lincoln-racism-blake
en patronymics. first attested prior to 1150
en Annalee Newitz; Cyrus Farivar Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse w:Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 2019-12-22 Farmer also happened to be just the kind of expert that Franck and his co-author Daniel Abraham needed to bring their novels to the screen. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225220235/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/
The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Derived terms
en Abrahamical Abrahamism Abrahamite Abrahamize Abrahamson Plains of Abraham Abrahamic Gaybraham Abrahamist Abraham man Abraham's balsam Abraham's willing
Related terms
pet forms en Abe, en Abey, en Abie
male given names en Abram, en Bram, en Avram
surnames en Abrahams
Descendants
ceb Abraham
Translations
prophet in the Old Testament
Arabic: ar إِبْرَاهِيم m
Aramaic:
Syriac: syc ܐܒܪܗܡ, syc ܐܒܖܗܡ archaic
Armenian: hy Աբրահամ
Old Armenian: xcl Աբրահամ
Bengali: bn ইব্রাহীম
Bourguignon: roa-brg Aibraihaim
Breton: br Abraham
Catalan: ca Abraham m
Cherokee: chr ᎡᏆᎭᎻ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 亞伯拉罕 aa3 baak3 laai1 hon2
Hakka: hak 亞伯拉罕 Â-pak-lâ-hón
Hokkien: nan-hbl 亞伯拉罕 A-pek-la-hán
Mandarin: cmn 亞伯拉罕 Yàbólāhǎn Protestant, cmn 易卜拉欣 Islam
Coptic: cop ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ, cop ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ
Czech: cs Abrahám m
Danish: da Abraham
Dhivehi: dv އިބްރާހީމް
Dutch: nl Abraham
Esperanto: eo Abrahamo
Ewe: ee Abraham m
Farefare: gur Abraham
Finnish: fi Abraham, fi Aabraham
Franco-Provençal: frp Abran
French: fr Abraham
Old French: fro Abraam, fro Abreham, fro Abrehan
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Abram
Gallo: roa-gal Abraham
Ge'ez: gez አብርሃም
German: de Abraham
Gothic: got 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼
Greek: el Αβραάμ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀβραάμ m
Hausa: ha Ibrahim
Hawaiian: haw ʻAberahama
Hebrew: he אַבְרָהָם m avrahám
Hindi: hi इब्राहीम m
Hungarian: hu Ábrahám
Icelandic: is Abraham m
Indonesian: id Abraham
Interlingua: ia Abraham
Irish: ga Abrahám m
Old Irish: sga Abracham
Italian: it Abramo m
Japanese: ja アブラハム Aburahamu, ja イブラヒム Iburahimu Islam
Kazakh: kk Ыбырайым
Korean: ko ^아브라함, ko ^이브라힘 Islam
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئیبراھیم
Northern Kurdish: kmr Îbrahîm
Latin: la Ābrahām
Lisu: lis ꓮ-ꓐ-ꓡ-ꓦ
Macedonian: mk Аврам m, mk Авраам m
Malay: ms Ibrahim used by Muslims, ms Abraham used by Christians
Maltese: mt Abramm m
Manchu: mnc ᠠᠪᡵᠠᡤᠠᠮ
Māori: mi Aperahama
Marathi: mr अब्राहम
Navajo: nv Éíbraham
Norman: nrf Abréhan
Norwegian: no Abraham
Old Church Slavonic: cu Авраамль, cu Авраамъ
Paiwan: pwn Aberaham
Pashto: ps ابراهيم m ebrāhím
Persian: fa ابراهیم ebrâhim, fa پرهام parhâm
Polish: pl Abraham m
Portuguese: pt Abraão
Punjabi: pa ਅਬਰਾਹਮ m
Rohingya: rhg Ibrahím
Romagnol: rgn Abrâm m
Romanian: ro Avraam m
Russian: ru Авраа́м m, ru Ибраги́м m Islam, ru Ибрахи́м m Islam
Scottish Gaelic: gd Abrahàm m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Аврам m, sh Ибрахим m
Latin: sh Avram m, sh Ibrahim m
Sindhi: sd ابراھيم
Slovak: sk Abrahám
Somali: so Ibraahiim
Spanish: es Abraham, es Abrahán
Swahili: sw Abrahamu, sw Ibrahimu
Swedish: sv Abraham
Tajik: tg Иброҳим
Tamil: ta ஆபிரகாம், ta இப்ராஹிம் Islam
Tatar: tt Ибраһим
Thai: th อับราฮัม
Turkish: tr İbrahim,
Urdu: ur ابراہیم m ibrāhīm
Uyghur: ug ئىبراھىم
Uzbek: uz Ibrohim
Walloon: wa Abråm m, wa Abraham m
Yiddish: yi אַבֿרהם m Avrohem
Yoruba: yo Ábúráhámù
male given name
Abkhaz: ab Ебырҳам
Albanian: sq Ibrahim
Arabic: ar إِبْرَاهِيم m, ar أَبْرَاهَام m
Armenian: hy Աբրահամ
Basque: eu Abarran
Bengali: bn ইব্রাহীম
Breton: br Abran m
Bulgarian: bg Авра́м m, bg Авраа́м m, bg Ибрахи́м m
Burmese: my အာဗြဟံသည်, my အီဘရာဟင်
Catalan: ca Abraham m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 亞伯拉罕 Yàbólāhǎn
Czech: cs Abraham m
Danish: da Abraham
Dhivehi: dv އިބްރާހީމް
Dutch: nl Abraham
Edo: bin Braima
Esperanto: eo Abraham
Estonian: et Aabraham
Ewe: ee Abraham m
Faroese: fo Ápran
Finnish: fi Aapo
Franco-Provençal: frp Abran
French: fr Abraham
Galician: gl Abraham, gl Abrahán
Greek: el Αβραάμ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀβραάμ m, grc Ἀβραάμιος m
Hausa: ha Ibrahim
Hawaiian: haw ʻApelahama
Hebrew: he אַבְרָהָם m avrahám, he איברהים ibrahim
Hindi: hi अब्राहम m, hi इब्राहीम m
Hungarian: hu Ábrahám
Icelandic: is Abraham m
Indonesian: id Abraham, id Ibrahim
Interlingua: ia Abraham
Italian: it Abramo m
Japanese: ja エイブラハム Eiburahamu, ja アブラハム m Aburahamu, ja イブラヒム Iburahimu
Kannada: kn ಅಬ್ರಹಾಂ, kn ಇಬ್ರಾಹಿಂ
Kazakh: kk Ибрахим, kk Ыбырайым, kk Ибраһим
Latin: la Ābrahām
Lisu: lis ꓮ-ꓐ-ꓡ-ꓦ
Macedonian: mk Аврам m, mk Авраам m, mk Ибрахим m
Malay: ms Ibrahim
Malayalam: ml അബ്രാഹാം, ml ഇബ്രാഹിം
Mandingo:
Mandinka: mnk Ebrima
Māori: mi Aperahama
Marathi: mr अब्राहम, mr इब्राहिम
Nepali: ne अब्राहाम, ne इब्राहिम
Norwegian: no Abraham
Old Nubian: onw ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ, onw ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ, onw ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙⲓⲟⲥ
Persian: fa ابراهیم ebrâhim
Polish: pl Abraham m
Portuguese: pt Abraão
Punjabi: pa ਅਬਰਾਹਾਮ, pa ਇਬਰਾਹਿਮ
Russian: ru Авраа́м m, ru Абра́м m, ru Э́йбрахам m, ru Ибраги́м m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Аврам m, sh Ибрахим m
Latin: sh Avram m, sh Ibrahim m
Sinhalese: si ආබ්රහම්, si ඊබ්රාහිම්
Somali: so Ibraahiim
Spanish: es Abraham, es Abrahán
Swahili: sw Abrahamu
Swedish: sv Abraham
Tamil: ta ஆபிரகாம், ta இப்ராஹிம்
Tatar: tt Ибраһим
Telugu: te అబ్రహం, te ఇబ్రహీం
Thai: th อับราฮัม, th อิบราฮิม
Turkish: tr İbrahim
Urdu: ur ابراہیم ibrahim
Wolof: wo Ibrahima
Yiddish: yi אַבֿרהם avrom
surname
Arabic: ar إِبْرَاهِيم m
Bengali: bn ইব্রাহীম
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 亞伯拉罕
Danish: da Abraham
Esperanto: eo Abraham
French: fr Abraham
Hebrew: he אַבְרָהָם avrahám
Hindi: hi अब्राहम, hi इब्राहीम m
Icelandic: is Abraham m
Indonesian: id Ibrahim
Interlingua: ia Abraham
Italian: it Abramo m
Marathi: mr अब्राहम
Persian: fa ابراهیم ebrâhim
Portuguese: pt Abraão
Russian: ru Ибрагимов m, ru Ибрагимова f, ru Ибрагимовы p
Swedish: sv Abraham
14th sura of the Qur'an
Arabic: ar إِبْرَاهِيم m
Bengali: bn ইব্রাহীম
Bulgarian: bg Ибрахи́м m
Hindi: hi इब्राहीम m
Kazakh: kk Ибраһим
Portuguese: pt Ibraim m, pt Abraão m
Russian: ru Ибраги́м m
Tamil: ta இப்ராஹீம்
Tatar: tt Ибраһим
Uyghur: ug ئىبراھىم
Noun
en archaic British slang chiefly _ London A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.1 71 9
en slopshop
References
en Biblical characters
Catalan
Etymology
ca Q9181 :lbor la-lat:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
ca la-lat Ābrahām, from ca grc Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ, from ca he אַבְרָהָם 'aḇrāhām Abraham.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca male Abraham
ca Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Derived terms
ca abrahàmic
Cebuano
ceb
Etymology
ceb Q9181 :der en:Abraham<id:Q9181>
From ceb en Abraham and ceb es Abraham, from ceb la-lat Ābraham, from ceb grc Ἀβραάμ, from ceb he אַבְרָהָם avrahám Abraham.
Pronunciation
ceb A bra ham
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English,Spanish
ceb Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Czech
Alternative forms
cs Abrahám
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Abraham Hebrew
cs Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Declension
m.an
Further reading
Abrahám
Dutch
Etymology
nl Q9181 :der la:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
Ultimately from nl la Ābrahām, from nl grc Ἀβραάμ, from nl hbo אַבְרָהָם.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈaː.braːˌɦɑm/
nl Nl-Abraham.ogg
nl Abra ham
Proper noun
m
nl male Hebrew Abraham
nl Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Derived terms
nl weten waar Abraham de mosterd haalt
Related terms
nl Ab Abram Ap Appie Bram Brammetje Brampie Ibrahiem
Ewe
Etymology
Ultimately from ee hbo אַבְרָהָם Avrahám.
Pronunciation
Ábràhàm
ee ee-Abraham.ogg
Proper noun
ee proper noun Ábràhàm
ee male Abraham
ee Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Genesis 17 5 Eyata womagayɔ wò bena Abram akpɔ o, ke boŋ Abraham anye wò ŋkɔ. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham.
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
<Habram>;<Abram>;<Abrahan>;<Abraham> <Abraham> <Albraam> <Abraam>
Etymology
Compare fr Abraham.
Proper noun
m frp orb
frp male Abraham
frp Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
References
Abraham 100070015
ORB 4.9.18
French
Etymology
fr Q9181 :lbor la-lat:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
From fr la Ābrahām.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Abraham.oga Paris
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Abraham.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Abraham.wav France
Proper noun
m
fr male Abraham
fr Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
German
Etymology
de Q9181 :lbor la-lat:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
de la-lat Ābraham, from de grc Ἀβραάμ, from de he אַבְרָהָם aḇrāˈhām Abraham.
Pronunciation
de /ˈaːbʁaˌha(ː)m/
de /ˈaːbʁa(ː)m/ often in fluent speech, not usually in isolation
de De-Abraham.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
m
de Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
de male Biblical Hebrew Abraham
Related terms
de Abe Abi Bram Abbe Abbo
Icelandic
is:
Proper noun
@@
is male
Declension
m.dat-
References
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id Q9181 :der la:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
Ultimately from id la Ābrahām, from id grc Ἀβραάμ, from id hbo אַבְרָהָם. id Ibrahim.
Pronunciation
A.bra.ham
Proper noun
id Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
id male Hebrew Abraham
Lashi
Etymology
Ultimately from lsi hbo אַבְרָהָם.
Pronunciation
lsi Ab ra ham
Proper noun
lsi proper noun
Abraham biblical character
1 21 24 Abraham gi «Ngoo dangsooˮ byid:» ga꞉ tid kaid. Abraham said: «I swear». 30
See also
lsi Isag Isaac
lsi Biblical characters
Latin
Alternative forms
la Abraam Abrahamus
Etymology
la Q9181 Ābrahām :bor grc:Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ<id:prophet> 1 ++
Pronunciation
Ābrahām
Proper noun
((Ābrahām<0.both>,Ābrahām<1.both>)) m
la Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Genesis 17 5 nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.
Declension
((Ābrahām<0.both>,Ābrahām<1.both>))
Descendants
ca Abraham
fr Abraham
de Abraham
hu Ábrahám
ang Abraham
pl Abraham
es Abraham
References
la male given names from Hebrew
Malay
Pronunciation
ms [a.bra.ham]
ms ham am 3
ms A bra ham
Proper noun
ابراهام
ms Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
ms Ibrahim<qq:Islam>
Maltese
Alternative forms
mt Abram Bramu
Etymology
mt it Abramo, from mt la Ābrahām, from mt grc Ἀβραάμ, from mt he אַבְרָהָם ʾaḇrāhām. The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare mt Għesaw Esau.
Pronunciation
mt /abˈraːm/
mt aːm 2
Proper noun
proper noun m
mt male Abraham
mt Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Middle English
Etymology
enm Q9181 :inh ang:Abraham<id:Q9181>
From enm ang Abraham.
Proper noun
enm proper noun
enm Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Matthew 1 1–2 1 r 2 1–5 The book of þe generacıoū of ıhū crıſt .· þe ſone of dauıd þe ſone of abꝛaham / abꝛaham bıgat yſaac / yſaac bıgat ıacob / ıacob bıgat ıudas ⁊ hıſe bꝛıþ̇en /
enm male Hebrew Abraham
Descendants
en Abraham
sco Abraham 1
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
nn Q9181 :der la:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
Ultimately from nn he אַבְרָהָם 'aḇrāhām.
Pronunciation
nn /²aːbra(h)am/
Proper noun
m
nn Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
nn male
Old English
Alternative forms
ang Habraham
Etymology
ang Q9181 :bor la:Ābrahām<id:Q9181>
ang la Ābrahām.
Pronunciation
Ābra-hām
Proper noun
Ābrahām m
ang Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Declension
Ābrahām sg
Descendants
enm Abraham
Polish
pl:
thumb|Abraham
Etymology
pl :lbor la-lat:Ābrahām + 1 Abram
Pronunciation
Pl-Abraham.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr Abrahamowy,Abrahamowski
pl Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
pl Abram
pl countable rare pl male Late Latin < Ancient Greek < Hebrew Abraham
pl countable pl m Late Latin
Declension
Abrahamowie
Proper noun
f 1
pl countable pl f Late Latin
Derived terms
pl adjectives abrahamiczny abrahamowy
pl nouns Abrahamek Abrahamita Abrahamitka abrahamizm
pl surnames Abrahamczyk Abrahamowicz
Further reading
Abraham 1 3
Scots
Alternative forms
sco Aubrahaum Aubrahawm Awbrahawm
Etymology
From sco enm Abraham, from sco ang Abraham, from sco la-lat Ābrahām.
Pronunciation
sco /ˈɑː.brə.hɑm/
Proper noun
sco Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
References
Spanish
Alternative forms
es Abrahán
Etymology
es la Abraham, from es grc Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ, from es hbo אַבְרָהָם ʔaḇrɔhɔm.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
es 1602 La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina) Génesis 17:5 Y no se llamará más tu nombre Abram, sino que será tu nombre Abraham, porque te he puesto por padre de muchedumbre de gentes. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. (KJV)
es male Hebrew rare Abraham
Derived terms
es seno de Abraham
Descendants
tl Abraham
Further reading
Swedish
Proper noun
c
sv male Abraham
sv Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es Abraham with the silent /h/ pronounced, ultimately from tl he אַבְרָהָם 'aḇrāhām Abraham. tl Ibrahim.
Pronunciation
A.brahám LL-Q34057 (tgl)-Geoffjop0908-Abraham.wav
Proper noun
Abrahám +
tl Abraham Q9181 1 biblical character
tl male Abraham
Walloon
Pronunciation
wa /a.bʀa.ˈham/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa Abråm