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Where does “Ibraahiim” come from?

Ibraahiim (Somali) comes from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم, from Classical Syriac ܐܲܒܪܵܗܵܡ, from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם — Abraham.

Ancestry of “Ibraahiim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِبْرَاهِيم—
2Classical Syriacܐܲܒܪܵܗܵܡ—
3HebrewאַבְרָהָםAbraham
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