English Explanatory Dictionary

Dhu'l-Kifl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prophet of Islam, sometimes identified with Ezekiel in the Bible.
  2. A given name in Arabic.

Word forms

Dhu'l-Kifl Dhu al-Kifl Dhul-Kifl Zulkifl Zul-Kifl Zu'l-Kifl

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl) From Arabic ذُو (ḏū, “owner”) and كِفْل (kifl, “lot, portion, share”): "He who possesses the lot." The meaning of this is unclear. First attested in the Quran (at 21:85 and 38:48).

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