FromArabicعَبَّاس(ʕabbās,“one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), fromعَبَسَ(ʕabasa,“to frown”), the title of the eightiethsura of theQur'an.
Abbas (pluralAbbases)
- A malegiven name from Arabic.
- Asurname from Arabic.
2009 November 2, Ian Black, “Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements”, inThe Guardian[1]:There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president MahmoudAbbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."
- (England, Dorset) Aplacename affix, denoting previous ownership by anabbey
1832, George Crabb,The Reformer’s Guide: Part the Second : Being a Comprehensive Analysis of the Boundary Act (2 & 3 GUL.IV.c.64)[2], Thomas Kelly:[It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, MelburyAbbas, ComptonAbbas[.]
FromArabicعَبَّاس(ʕabbās).
Abbas
- a malegiven name
Abbas
- genitive ofAbba
Inherited fromOttoman Turkishعباس(Abbâs), fromArabicعَبَّاس(ʕabbās).
Abbas
- a malegiven name from Arabic