ibn

[ ib-uhn ]

(often initial capital letter)

1. son of (used in Arabic personal names):

   ibn Saud.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ibn¹

< Arabic: son (of ); ben ⁴

Example Sentences

One of the most important rooms in the temple is the shrine of Sheik Adi ibn Musafir.

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These included a flamboyant veteran of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan named Ibn al-Khattab.

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Since the death of ibn Saud in 1953, succession has moved only among his sons.

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In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.

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The soldier killed in Toulouse, Imad Ibn-Ziaten, 30, was of Moroccan origin.

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This phrase, says Ibn Khallikan, afterwards became a proverb.

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Thus the cautious encyclopædia; but Ibn Khallikan has no such hesitancy.

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I have not borrowed much from Ibn Khallikan's heroics, but this is good.

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It is in the sect of Abdullah ibn Maymūn that we must seek the model for Weishaupt's system of organization.

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The remarks of Ibn Batuta (c. 1332) already suggest the present state of things, viz.

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