ʻAbd al-Rabb (
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of ar, عبد الرب) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''
ʻabd'' and ''al-Rabb''. The name means "servant of the Lord", a
Muslim theophoric name.
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Because the letter ''r'' is a
sun letter, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Rab'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd ar-Rab''. Alternative transliterations include ''‘Abd ar-Rabb'', ''Abdul Rab'', and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
People with the given name
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Abdur Rab Nishtar
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani Muslim League politician from North-West Frontier Province.[Abdurabb Al Yazeedi
Mohammed Abdurabb Al Yazeedi Al Yafei (born 30 October 1988) is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Qatar SC as a midfielder. He is often compared to his former partner "Felipe Jorge". He is of Yemeni descent.Abdur Rab Jaunpuri
ʿAbd ar-Rabb Jaunpūrī ( ur, , bn, আব্দুর রব জৌনপুরী; 1875 – June 1935) was an Indian Muslim scholar, author and teacher. He was associated with Taiyuni reformist movement, founded by his grandfather Karamat Al ...]
(1875–1935), Indian Muslim scholar
People with the surname
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A. S. M. Abdur Rab (born 1945), Bangladeshi politician
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P. K. Abdu Rabb (born 1948), Kerala politician
References
Arabic masculine given names
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