English
Jabir
Jabir comes from Arabic جَابِر ‘bonesetter, orthopedist’, and goes back to جَبَرَ ‘to set a broken bone’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَبَرَjabara‘to set a broken bone’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجَابِرjābir‘bonesetter, orthopedist’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Jabir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجَبَرَjabara‘to set a broken bone’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentجَابِرjābir‘bonesetter, orthopedist’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Jabir
Earliest quotation: 2025, Aytan Farhadova, Death of police officer sparks conversation on police violen: “Jabir Imanov, a police officer who gained prominence for…”
Every English word from Arabic جَبَرَ
Today it means
name A male given name from Arabic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جَبَرَ / Jabir