Jabir
/ˈdʒɑː.bɪr/noun
An Arabic masculine given name meaning one who restores, repairs, or brings comfort.
Did you know?Jabir ibn Hayyan, known in medieval Latin as Geber, became a legendary figure in alchemy, although scholars debate which works were genuinely his.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*g-b-r
“A root associated with strength, overcoming, or making firm”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
jabara
“To restore, repair, mend, or compel”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
jābir
“One who repairs, restores, or comforts”
8th–9th Century
Arabic
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān
“The name of the influential, partly legendary alchemical author associated with early Arabic chemical writings”
12th Century
Medieval Latin
Geber
“Latinized form of Jābir, used for an alchemical author”
Modern English
English
Jabir
“An Arabic personal name, also used in historical references to Jābir ibn Ḥayyān”