Girl · Arabic (Punjabi usage) · Sikh · Muslim
Ibadat
ਇਬਾਦਤSay it ib-AA-dut
- Meaning
- Worship Mahan Kosh
- Say it
- ib-AA-dut
- Spelling in Punjabi
- ਇਬਾਦਤ
- Spelling in English
- Ibadat, Ibaadat
Ibadat
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Ibadat meaning
Ibadat (ਇਬਾਦਤ) is a Sikh and Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Punjabi usage).
Worship
Ibadat (ਇਬਾਦਤ) is the Arabic word ʿibādat, worship, which reached Punjabi through Persian and Urdu. The Mahan Kosh enters it as an Arabic word for worship and explains it with the Punjabi words pūjā, bhagti and bandagī, worship and devotion. In everyday Punjabi and Urdu it means prayer and devotion to God in the widest sense. As a girl's name it is a recent choice in Sikh families, one of several taken from Arabic and Persian words of faith and grace, alongside Rehmat (mercy) and Seerat (character). Muslim families use it too. It is written ਇਬਾਦਤ in Gurmukhi and عبادت in Urdu.
Source: Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha (1930) · entry ਇ਼ਬਾਦਤ · See the entry · checked 30 Oct 2026
References: Mahan Kosh, ਇ਼ਬਾਦਤ (srigranth.org)
Popularity abroad
- #561 England and Wales, girls 2025
Office for National Statistics
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Ibadat · Ibaadat