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Abdul

عبدل

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Meaning today: Servant of God
Original meaning: "servant of; the opening of names such as Abdul Rahman" Lane, p. 1935
Say it: UB-dul
Written: عبدل
Other spellings: Abdool

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Abdul meaning

Abdul (عبدل) is a Muslim and international boy's name of Arabic origin.

Servant of; the opening of names such as Abdul Rahman

Also used to mean: servant of God

Abdul (عبدل) is the Arabic ʿabd al-, "servant of the". In Arabic it is the first half of a compound that names God by one of His attributes: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, "servant of the Most Merciful", ʿAbd al-Karīm, "servant of the Most Generous", and so on. Lane's lexicon defines ʿabd as a bondman and, applied to any human being, a servant or worshipper of God. In India Abdul is also used on its own as a given name, or written separately before the second part, as in A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the eleventh President of India.

Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 5, p. 1935 · entry ʿabd (عَبْدٌ), root ʿ-b-d · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ʿabd, Book I p. 1935 · Wikipedia, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam · Wikipedia, Abdul Ghaffar Khan