Abbas
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of abba form-of, plural
- 2 abbot obsolete
"Abbot (Abbas) in French Abbè [abbé] […] him that in the convent or fellowſhip of Canons hath the rule and preheminence."
- 1 A male given name from Arabic.
- 2 A surname from Arabic.
"There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon.""
- 3 A placename affix, denoting previous ownership by an abbey England
"[It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas[.]"
Example
More examples"“I think most people now feel like we are headed towards a recession if not already in a recession, at least in the United States, if not globally,” said Shaki Abbas, director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center."
Etymology
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
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