Hebrew origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “father of a multitude”
Borrowed from English English Abraham or Latin Latin Abrahām, from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('Aḇrāhām, literally “father of a multitude”).
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- Wiktionary: আব্রাহামCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
