Աբաս is a masculine given name documented in Armenian and Classical Armenian. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic عَبَّاس via Classical Syriac.
Arabic origin
Source-reported
Originally borrowed in the fourth century from the Greek form of Classical Syriac ܐܒܐ (ʾăḇāʾ), whence also Աբա (Aba). Later revived in the ninth century, but this time, according to Ačaṙyan, borrowed from Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās). Rarely used since the 13th century.
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