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ababil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
aba-bil
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A race of tiny birds.

name

An Iranian made UAV.

Etymology

From Arabic أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl, “tiny birds”), described in the Qur'an as dropping red clay bricks on the army of elephants, sent by the king of Yemen to attack the city of Mecca, in the year (571 AD) when the prophet Muhammad was born.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: أَبَابِيل, ء ب ل

Questions

What does ababil mean?
A race of tiny birds.
Where does ababil come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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