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Abba is a form of ab, meaning "father" in many Semitic languages. It is used as a given name, but was also used as a title or honorific for religious scholars or leaders. [ 1 ] ( The word abbot has the same root.)
There is an Arabian tribe of the same name, the Banu Abbas. [2] The word 'Abbas' is also used as part of a place name (for example, the English villages of Compton Abbas and Milton Abbas). The name usually relates to land previously owned by an abbess (the head of an abbey of nuns). [3] Notable people with the name include:
The exact meaning of the element ab (אב) or abi (אבי) in Hebrew personal names (such as Ab-ram, Ab-i-ram, Ah-ab, Jo-ab) is a matter of dispute. The identity of the -i- with the first person pronominal suffix (as in Adona -i), changing "father" to "my father", is uncertain; it might also be simply a connecting vowel.
The word is derived from the Aramaic av meaning "father" or abba, meaning "my father" (it still has this meaning in contemporary Hebrew: אבא and Aramaic: ܐܒܐ) In the Septuagint, it was written as "abbas". [2] At first it was employed as a respectful title for any monk, but it was soon restricted by canon law to certain priestly superiors.
A producer of canned fish was already using the name Abba so the band asked permission from them to use the name ABBA. [13] AC/DC – Malcolm and Angus Young developed the idea for the band's name after their sister Margaret pointed out the "AC/DC" symbol on her electric sewing machine. [14]
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Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including: Abbas ibn Ali (645–680), popularly known as Hazrat-e-Abbas, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first imam in Shia Islam) Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–653), uncle of Muhammad