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عَبْدُ السَّمِيع
ʿAbd al-Samīʿ
/abd-us-sa-MEEH/
Meaning
Servant of the All-Hearing (one of Allah's 99 names)
Yorùbá Adaptation
Yorùbá form
Abdulsemiu
Ab-dúl-sé-mi-ù
Arabic origin
عَبْدُ السَّمِيع
ʿAbd al-Samīʿ
The Arabic 'ʿAbd al-Samīʿ' was borrowed orally into Yorùbá speech. 'Samīʿ' (سَمِيع) became 'Semiu' through vowel fronting (ā→e) and the addition of a final vowel (common in Yorùbá phonotactics, which disfavours word-final consonants). 'ʿAbd al-' was resyllabified as 'Abdul'.
Islamic Context
Compound of ʿabd (servant) + al-Samīʿ (the All-Hearing, Qur'an 2:127)