Bilal: meaning, origin and pronunciation
BoyArabic
بلال
بِلَال
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Bilal (بلال, Arabic بِلَال) means “moisture; water that refreshes”. It comes from the Arabic root ب ل ل. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ب ل ل.
- Meaning
- moisture; water that refreshes
- معنی
- تری، پیاس بجھانے والا پانی
Where it comes from
From balla, to moisten; Lane gives bilāl as water or moisture that quenches thirst.
- Say it
- bi-laalAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ب ل ل
- Known bearer
- Bilal ibn Rabah, the first muezzin of Islam