جبرائیل

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرَائِيل‎ (jibrāʔīl), ultimately from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל‎ (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl). Doublet of جبریل‎ (jibrīl).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪb.ɾɑː.iːl/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪb.ɾɑː.iːl/
Rhymes: -iːl

Proper noun

جِبْرائِیل • (jibrāīl) m (Hindi spelling जबराइल)

(religion, biblical) Gabriel (an archangel associated with carrying messages from God.)

References

“جبرائیل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“جبرائیل”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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