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Where does “Ibrahim” come from?

Ibrahim (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ابراهیم, from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم, from Classical Syriac ܐܲܒܪܵܗܵܡ, from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם — Abraham.

Ancestry of “Ibrahim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishابراهیم—
2Arabicإِبْرَاهِيم—
3Classical Syriacܐܲܒܪܵܗܵܡ—
4HebrewאַבְרָהָםAbraham
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