અબાબીલ

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابابیل (abābīl), from Arabic أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl), 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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈə.bɑ.bil/

Noun

અબાબીલ • (abābīl) n

1. (Islam) Ababil