Cebrail

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جبرائیل‎ (Cebrâil), from Arabic جَبْرَائِيل‎ (jabrāʔīl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל‎.

Proper noun

Cebrail

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabriel

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “Cebrâil”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 158

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