- Abdul
Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Abdul
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meaning = "Servant of the"
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origin =Arabic
related names =Abdullah , which means "Servant of God"
footnotes =Abdul (Arabic: عبد ال ), (also transliterated Abdel, `Abd al- (Arabic: عبد ال ), and other ways) is a phrase composed of the word عبد (Abd: servant or slave) and ال (Al: , the prefix meaning "The"). The phrase appears as a component of many Arabic and specifically Muslim names, where it is the opening of religiously based names meaning servant of God, where the last component of the name is a name for God, such as "The Creator" etc. The term is is combined with one of the
Names of God in the Qur'an to form a Muslim Arabic theophoric name. Common examples areAbdul Aziz (Servant of the Almighty),Abdul Rahman (Servant of the Benevolent), andAbdul Rahim (Servant of the Merciful). The name "Abdul Masīh" (عبد المسيح), meaning "servant of theMessiah " is an ArabicChristian equivalent.As Arabic pronunciation requires a liaison in this instance (as a possessive construction), non-Arabic speakers tend to mistake the liaison of Abd and Al as a single word, such as Abdul or Abdel depending on dialectal pronunciation. As such, in non-Arabic-speaking countries, Abdul is sometimes used as a name on its own, as inPaula Abdul .
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