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Iblis

/ibˈliːs/

Iblis proper noun: satan; the Devil.

Proper noun

Iblis

  1. Satan; the Devil.
    • beyond these mountains, Eblis and his accursed Dives hold their infernal empire.1786, William Beckford, Vathek; an Arabian Tale
    • I do believe that Eblis hath
      A snare in ev’ry human path —1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
    Synonyms:
    Satan

Iblis meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

Iblis in Hindi

(Islam) Satan; the Devil
इब्लीस iblīs, इबलीस iblīs

Iblis in Urdu

(Islam) Satan; the Devil
اِبْلِیس iblīs

Iblis in Bengali

(Islam) Satan; the Devil
ইবলিশ iboliś

Iblis in Malayalam

iblis, satan, devil
ഇബിലീസ് ibilīsŭ
More languagesFewer languages
Iblis in Gujarati
ઇબ્લીસ iblīs
Iblis in Pashto
ابليس eblis
Iblis in Arabic
إِبْلِيس ʔiblīs
Iblis in Malay
iblis
Iblis in Indonesian
iblis
Iblis in Thai
อิบลีส

Synonyms of Iblis

Forms of Iblis

alternative formIblees
alternative formEblis

Origin of Iblis

From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b l s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).

Words that rhyme with Iblis

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Questions about Iblis

What does Iblis mean?
Iblis means satan; the Devil.
What is Iblis in Hindi?
Iblis in Hindi is इब्लीस (iblīs), इबलीस (iblīs). See Iblis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Iblis?
Iblis is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Iblis?
Iblis is pronounced /ibˈliːs/.

Words near Iblis in the dictionary

  1. Ibizan
  2. Ibizan Hound
  3. Ibizan Hounds
  4. Ibizans
  5. Iblees
  6. Iblis
  7. IBM
  8. IBM PC
  9. IBM PC clone
  10. IBM PC clones
  11. IBM PCs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Iblis (page history and authors); ഇബിലീസ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ઇબ્લીસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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