Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

abd

in Arabic = slave or servant, as Abd-Allah (servant of God), Abd-el-Kader (servant of the Mighty One), Abdul-Latif (servant of the Gracious One), etc.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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