Ababil

English

Etymology

From Arabic أبابيل (’abābīl, “tiny birds”), as 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 Mohammed was born.

Proper noun

Ababil

1. A race of tiny birds
2. The Iranian made UAV

References

• (tiny birds) The Rauzat-us-safa: v. 1-2. The life of Muhammad the apostle of Allah