ibn
[ib-uh n]
- son of (used in Arabic personal names): ibn Saud.
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Origin of ibn
< Arabic: son (of); cf. ben4
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Examples from the Web for ibn
Contemporary Examples
These included a flamboyant veteran of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan named Ibn al-Khattab.
Since the death of ibn Saud in 1953, succession has moved only among his sons.
In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.
To his credit, Ibn Thabit's pro-revolution songs had been making the scene before the revolution.
One of the first musicians to have distinguished himself in the Libyan revolution is the U.K.-based rapper Ibn Thabit.
Historical Examples
This contradicts the story given by Ibn Hisham and Mr. Muir.
A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd'Moulavi Gergh Ali
This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.
A Boswell of BaghdadE. V. Lucas
Thus the cautious encyclopædia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.
A Boswell of BaghdadE. V. Lucas
I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.
A Boswell of BaghdadE. V. Lucas
The followers of Ibn Shfa' say it means "placing the hands on the breast in prayer."
The Faith of IslamEdward Sell