Jabbar
Jabbar (Arabic: جبار) is an Arabic word meaning "giant" or "almighty". With the definite article as al-Jabbar (Arabic: الجبار) it is one of the Names of God in Islam, and is so used in the given name Abd al-Jabbar (Arabic: عبد الجبار).
Al-Jabbar as surname
- Abdul Jalilul Jabbar (ruled 1649–1652), 12th Sultan of Brunei
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American football player
Jabbar as given name
- Jabbar Garyagdioglu (1861–1944), Azerbaijani folk singer
- Jabbar Baghtcheban (1884-1966), Iranian worker with the deaf
- Jabbar Patel (born 1942), Indian theatre and film director
- Jabbar Savalan (born ca. 1991), Azerbaijani blogger
- Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani, Iraqi held in Guantanamo
Jabbar as surname
- Javed Jabbar, Pakistani politician
- Mehreen Jabbar (born 1971), Pakistani filmmaker and daughter of Javed Jabbar
- Pat Jabbar, music producer
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player (occasionally appears as "Jabbar" in box scores)
Other uses
- Al-Jabbar, the Arabic name of the constellation Orion
- Jabbar Khel, Afghan clan
- Khak-i Jabbar, village in Afghanistan
- Khaki Jabbar District, Afghanistan
- Jabbar, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Jabbar, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Jabbar, alternate name of Kalateh-ye Jabbar, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Jabbar, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
Fictional uses
- Jabbar (The 99), a character in The 99 comics
- Gom jabbar, a weapon from the Dune universe
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