ʿAbd ( ar, عبد) is an

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word meaning one who is subordinated as a slave or a servant, and it means also to worship. The word can also be transliterated into English as 'Abd, where the apostrophe indicates the

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, denoting a

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consonant or some reflex of it. In Western ears, it may be perceived as a guttural 'a' sound. It appears in many common

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names followed by Al (the) in form of "Abd ul", "Abd ul-", etc.; this is also commonly transliterated as "el-," in the form "Abd el-", meaning "servant of the-". This is always followed by one of the names for God. These names are given in

List of Arabic theophoric names This is a list of Arabic theophoric names. Islamic names ''Abdul'' with names of God Following are names consisting of the appellation ''abdul'', "servant of", followed by one of the names associated with God in the Qur'an. * Abdullah * Abdul A ...

and

99 Names of God Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith ...

. A widespread name

Abdullah (name) Abd Allah ( ar, عبدالله, translit=ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words '' abd'' () and ''Allāh'' (). Although the ...

(or ʿAbd Allah) means " servant of God" or "worshipper of God". *

Abd Rabbuh Abd Rabbo ( ar, عبد ربه ) is a male Arabic given name and surname. Notable bearers of the name include: * Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih (860–940), Moorish writer and poet *Yasser Abed Rabbo (born 1944), Palestinian politician *Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi ...

("slave of his Lord" or "servant of his Lord") * Abduh ("His slave" or "His servant") It can also refer to humans, such as: * Abdul Nabi ("slave of the Prophet" or "servant of the Prophet") *

Abdul Zahra Abd al-Zahra ( ar, عبد الزهرة ) is a male Arabic given name. The name is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''al-'' and '' Zahra'', and means ''Servant of Zahra''. It is commonly associated with Shi'ites, who especially revere Fatim ...

(slave of Fatimah—daughter of Muhammad) * Abdul Hussein (slave of Hussein—grandson of Muhammad) It can also be used by Arab Christians and Arabic-speaking Christians, just as long as it is associated to their religion: * Abdul Masih ("slave of the Messiah" or "servant of the Messiah") * Abdul Salib ("slave of the Cross" or "servant of the Cross") * Abdul Shahid ("slave of the Martyr .e. Jesus Christ or "servant of the Martyr") * Abd Yasu ("slave of Jesus" or "servant of Jesus") * Abida *

Abidi Abidi, Abedi or Al-Abedi ( ar, عابدي) is the surname for a family noble belonging to the offspring of Prophet Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They are a subset of the Banu Hashem ...

Abdullah can be also used by Arab Christians, as they refer to God as Allah.

Further notes

ʿĀbid ( ar, عابد ) is a given name meaning "worshipper". It is based on the Arabic word "ʿIbādah", i.e. "worship". The female version of the name is ʿĀbidah. The

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cognate word with Abd is "ʻEved" (עבד), meaning slave.

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