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in reply to a message by April
According to A Dictionary of Muslim Names by Salahuddin Ahmed, Idris is the form in the Quran of the Old Testament biblical name Enoch. According to The Complete Book of Muslim & Parsi Names by Maneka Gandhi & Ozair Husain, Idris originally meant "one who instructs" in Arabic.
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Most interesting - thank you! I've only ever known the Welsh version. Fascinating how two identical-looking words can arise independently in languages that aren't even related.
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