Idrīs
إِدْرِيس
Say it id-REES
Some link it to study
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scholars differ: Arabic, or from another language
- In English
- Enoch (by some identifications)
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 19:56, 21:85 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Idris, Edris
Meaning & source
Wahb ibn Munabbih said it is a Syriac name; others said it is Arabic, from dirāsah (study), for how much he studied the scriptures.
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وَهُوَ اسْمٌ سُرْيَانِيٌّ وَقِيلَ: عَرَبِيٌّ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ الدِّرَاسَةِ لِكَثْرَةِ دَرْسِهِ الصُّحُفَ
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Idrīs (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 19:56