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Title: What does the name "Adam" mean in Arabic?
Post by: mclinkin94 on December 08, 2013, 02:28:41 PM

We know that names have meanings: Like Muhammad means: "the praised one".

What does Adam mean in Arabic. I've been having a hard time getting it out of the lexicons.

In hebrew Adam means "man". What about Arabic? Is it simply non-Arabic and derived from the Hebrew?

Title: Re: What does the name "Adam" mean in Arabic?
Post by: Koray on December 10, 2013, 01:36:53 PM

Adam means "man" in Turkish. Considering Turkish borrowed a lot of words from Arabic, i think it is the case in Arabic too.

Title: Re: What does the name "Adam" mean in Arabic?
Post by: mclinkin94 on December 11, 2013, 12:42:13 AM

Quote from: Koray on December 10, 2013, 01:36:53 PM

Adam means "man" in Turkish. Considering Turkish borrowed a lot of words from Arabic, i think it is the case in Arabic too.

It means "man" in Hebrew as well. I'm having a hard time finding the Arabic translation.

Title: Re: What does the name "Adam" mean in Arabic?
Post by: ThatMuslimGuy on December 11, 2013, 07:06:55 AM

AsalamuAlaikum,

Ive been looking the word up in Arabic-English dictionaries and not really getting much. Just getting Adam (Prophet) or Human.

Such as Hans Wehr writes:

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However i read in Lanes Lexicon:

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So Adam might have the same meaning as it does in Hebrew. As Arabic and Hebrew are sister languages.

And Allah Knows Best