Adīb
أَدِيب
Say it a-DEEB
Cultured, well-mannered
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʾ-d-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Adeeb, Adib, Edib
Meaning & source
Cultured, well-mannered: adab, Lisān says, “is so called because it calls people to what is praiseworthy and forbids them what is ugly”.
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سُمِّيَ أَدَباً لأَنه يَأْدِبُ الناسَ إِلَى المَحامِد، ويَنْهاهم عَنِ المقَابِح
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.