Ibn

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    son of

    ""Ali ibn Amr": "Ali son of Amr"."

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"Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help."

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن (ibn, “son”).

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