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易卜拉欣

Mandarin · pinyin Yì bǔ lā xīn

(name) Ibrahim or Ebrahim
Ibrahim, a revered prophet in Islam, known as Abraham in the Judeo-Christian tradition

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易: yì · change; easy
卜: bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
欣: xīn · happy, joyous, delighted

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4–3–1–1 · Yi4 bu3 la1 xin1

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(Islam) The prophet Abraham in Islam.
a transliteration of the Arabic male given name إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), equivalent to Ibrahim

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