إدريس

See also: ادریس

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain, formally a borrowing, candidates suggested include:

• Koine Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas)
  • one of the apostles of Jesus^[1][2]
  • and also the immortalized cook of Alexander the Great (the latter being called ذُو الْقَرْنَيْن (ḏū l-qarnayn))^[3]
• Ancient Greek Ποιμάνδρης (Poimándrēs), one of the figures in the Corpus Hermeticum^[4]
• the Koine Greek form Ἔσδρας (Ésdras) of Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā, “Ezra”), which would make it a doublet of عَازِر (ʕāzir, “Ezra”), عُزَيْر (ʕuzayr, “Ezra”), and آزَر (ʔāzar, “Terah, Abraham’s father”)^[5][6]
• Biblical Hebrew דּוֹרֵשׁ (dōrēš, “teacher of the Torah”)^[7]

Islamic theologists took the name as from أَدْرَسَ (ʔadrasa, “to teach”) from the root د ر س (d-r-s), in spite of the pattern إِفْعِيل (ʔifʕīl) having been unproductive even by the time of Islam, leading to the equation with the biblical Enoch, whose name derives from Biblical Hebrew חינוך (“education”). Enoch is generally depicted as a man of science, and is sometimes credited for inventing the art of writing and astronomy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔid.riːs/
  • (Morocco) IPA^(key): /ʔid.riːs/, /driːs/

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Proper noun

إِدْرِيس • (ʔidrīs) m

1. (Islam) Idris, Idrees, a figure in the Islamic narrative.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:56:

     وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِی ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ إِدۡرِیسَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّیقࣰا نَّبِیࣰّا

     wa-ḏkur fī l-kitābi ʾidrīsa ʾinnahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

     And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

2. a male given name

Declension

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِدْرِيس ʔidrīs	—
Nominative	—	إِدْرِيسُ ʔidrīsu	—
Accusative	—	إِدْرِيسَ ʔidrīsa	—
Genitive	—	إِدْرِيسَ ʔidrīsa	—

Declension of noun إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)

See also

• Idris (prophet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Enoch (ancestor of Noah) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (Islamic prophets) آدَم (ʔādam), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs), نُوح (nūḥ), هُود (hūd), صَالِح (ṣāliḥ), إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), لُوط (lūṭ), إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), يُوسُف (yūsuf), أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl), شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), مُوسَى (mūsā), هَارُون (hārūn), دَاوُد (dāwud), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}

References

1. Nöldeke, Theodor (1903) “Idris”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 17, pages 83–84
2. Grimme, Hubert (1912) “Über einige Klassen südarabischer Lehnwörter im Koran”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 26, page 164
3. Hartmann, Richard (1910) “Zur Erklärung von Sūre 18, 59 ff.”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete‎ (in German), volume 24, pages 314–315
4. Albright, William Foxwell (1922) “[Review of] Boylan, Patrick, Thoth, the Hermes of Egypt. Pp. VIII+215 (8 vo.), Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, etc., 1922”, in Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society, volume 2, pages 197–198
5. Casanova, Paul (1924) “Idrīs et ʿOuzaïr”, in Journal asiatique‎ (in French), volume 205, pages 356–360
6. Torrey, Charles Cutler (1933) The Jewish foundation of Islam‎, New York: Jewish Institute of Religion Press – Bloch Publishing Co., Agents, page 72
7. Erder, Yoram (1990) “The Origin of the Name Idrīs in the Qurʾān: A Study of the Influence of Qumran Literature on Early Islam”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies‎, volume 49, number 4, page 342 seqq.

Malay

Proper noun

إدريس

1. Jawi spelling of Idris‎.