Abraham

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch who preached monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac and the Arab patriarch Ishmael.
• A male given name from Hebrew.
• The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Noun

• A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London.

Origin

• From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ, from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם. Glossed as אַב + הֲמוֹן in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם. Ibrahim.