bismillah
interjection
in the name of Allah.
bismillah
American
[bis-mil-uh]
/ bɪsˈmɪl ə /
interjection
Arabic.
Bismillah
British
/ ˌbɪsmɪˈlaː /
interjection
Etymology
Origin of Bismillah
shortened from Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim , from Arabic, literally: in the name of God, the merciful and compassionate
Example Sentences
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Their music is often intensely devotional and many of them, such as Ustad Bismillah Khan and Allauddin Khan were devotees of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, while practising their own faith.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2022
Defense minister Bismillah Khan even asked Karzai if he wanted to leave Kabul when Karzai contacted him to know what remnants of the government still remained.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, a former defense minister who has called for the arrest of the former president, Ashraf Ghani, confirmed in a tweet that the local forces retook three districts in Baghlan province.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
Acting Defense Minister Bismillah Khan sought to reassure the public that Kabul would remain “secure.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2021
The second, containing "The Sage Haykár," which is famous in folk-lore throughout the East, begins with the orthodox Moslem "Bismillah," etc.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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