English
Iblis
Iblis comes from Arabic إِبْلِيس, and goes back to Ancient Greek διάβολος ‘devil, accuser, slanderer’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιάβολος‘devil, accuser, slanderer’
- Arabicc. 500–presentإِبْلِيسʔiblīs
- Englishearliest quotation 1786Iblis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδιάβολος‘devil, accuser, slanderer’
- Arabicc. 500–presentإِبْلِيسʔiblīs
- Englishearliest quotation 1786Iblis
Earliest quotation: 1786, William Beckford: “beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek διάβολος ‘devil, accuser, slanderer’
Today it means
name Satan; the Devil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek διάβολος / Iblis