Iblis

See also: iblis and Íblis

English

Alternative forms

• Iblees, Eblis

Etymology

From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b-l-s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibˈliːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Proper noun

Iblis

1. (Islam) Satan; the Devil.
   • 1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale:

     beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold their infernal empire.

   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     I do believe that Eblis hath
     A snare in ev’ry human path —

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:Satan

Translations

(Islam) Satan; the Devil

• Albanian: iblis m
• Amharic: ኢብሊስ (ʾiblis)
• Arabic: إِبْلِيس m (ʔiblīs)
• Armenian: իբլիս (hy) (iblis)
• Azerbaijani: iblis (az)
• Bashkir: иблис (iblis)
• Belarusian: іблі́с m (iblís)
• Bengali: ইবলিশ (iboliś)
• Bulgarian: ибли́с m (iblís)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 易卜劣斯 (ji⁶ buk¹ lyut³ si¹)

  Dungan: йиблисы (yiblisɨ)

  Mandarin: 伊布力斯 (Yībùlìsī)

• Chuvash: иплеҫ (ipleś)
• Crimean Tatar: iblis
• Esperanto: ibliso
• Finnish: Iblis
• French: Iblis (fr) m
• Georgian: იბლისი (iblisi)
• German: Iblis m
• Greek: Ιμπλίς m (Implís)
• Hebrew: איבליס m (iblis)
• Hindi: इब्लीस m (iblīs), इबलीस (hi) m (iblīs)
• Hungarian: iblisz
• Indonesian: iblis (id)
• Japanese: イブリース (iburīsu)
• Kazakh: ібіліс (ıbılıs), иблис (iblis)
• Korean: 이블리스 (ibeulliseu), 에블리스 (ebeulliseu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: iblîs (ku) m, îblîs (ku)

• Kyrgyz: иблис (iblis)
• Malay: iblis
• Ottoman Turkish: ابلیس (iblis)
• Pashto: ابليس (ps) m (eblis)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اِبْلِیس (fa) (iblīs)

  Iranian Persian: اِبْلیس (fa) (eblis)

• Portuguese: Iblis m, Íblis m
• Rohingya: Iblís
• Russian: ибли́с (ru) m (iblís)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝблис m, Ѝблис m

  Roman: ìblis m, Ìblis (sh) m

• Swahili: Ibilisi
• Tajik: иблис (iblis)
• Tatar: иблис (tt) (iblis)
• Thai: อิบลีส
• Turkish: İblis, iblis (tr)
• Turkmen: iblis
• Ukrainian: іблі́с m (iblís)
• Urdu: اِبْلِیس (ur) m (iblīs)
• Uyghur: ئىبلىس (iblis)
• Uzbek: iblis (uz)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Íblis

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈblis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈblis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iˈbliʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈbliʃ/ [iˈβliʃ]

Proper noun

Iblis m

1. (Islam) Iblis (the Devil)