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ahl al-kitab

ahl al-kitab noun: synonym of People of the Book.

Noun

ahl al-kitab pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of People of the Book.

Synonyms of ahl al-kitab

Origin of ahl al-kitab

Transliteration of Arabic أَهْل اَلْكِتَاب (ʔahl al-kitāb, “people of the book”).

Questions about ahl al-kitab

What does ahl al-kitab mean?
Ahl al-kitab means synonym of People of the Book.
What part of speech is ahl al-kitab?
Ahl al-kitab is a noun.

Words near ahl al-kitab in the dictionary

  1. ahjushi
  2. ahjushis
  3. ahjussi
  4. ahjussis
  5. AHL
  6. ahl al-kitab
  7. Ahl al-Quran
  8. Ahl-e Haqq
  9. Ahlat
  10. Ahlberg
  11. Ahlbergs

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