Iqbal: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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اقبال
إِقْبَال
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Iqbal (اقبال, Arabic إِقْبَال) means “good fortune; prosperity”. It comes from the Arabic root ق ب ل. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ق ب ل; Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, اقبال.
- Meaning
- good fortune; prosperity
- معنی
- خوش بختی، اقبال
Where it comes from
Verbal noun of aqbala, to come forward or turn towards; hence fortune turning towards one (Lane; Platts).
- Say it
- iq-baalAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ق ب ل
- Themes
- Joy