Idris (Arabic name)
E195785
Idris is an Arabic given name of Quranic origin, traditionally associated with the prophet Idris and often interpreted to mean "interpreter" or "studious."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abd al-Idris (rare/constructed theophoric form) | 1 |
| Idrees (Urdu transliteration) | 1 |
| Idris (Arabic name) canonical | 1 |
| Idris (Turkish form: İdris) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1748354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idris (Arabic name) Context triple: [Idrissa, etymologicalRoot, Idris (Arabic name)]
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A.
Ishaq
Ishaq is the Arabic form of the biblical name Isaac, commonly used in Muslim and Arabic-speaking communities.
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B.
Khaldoon
Khaldoon is an Arabic masculine given name commonly used in the Middle East.
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C.
Samaritan (as-Samiri)
Samaritan (as-Samiri) is a Qur’anic figure known for leading the Israelites astray by fashioning the golden calf during Prophet Musa’s (Moses’) absence.
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D.
‘Alawiyya
‘Alawiyya is a Sufi order that emerged as a prominent branch of the Shadhiliyya tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification and remembrance of God.
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E.
Rashid
Rashid is one of the child mascots created to represent the themes of innovation and optimism at Expo 2020 Dubai.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idris (Arabic name) Target entity description: Idris is an Arabic given name of Quranic origin, traditionally associated with the prophet Idris and often interpreted to mean "interpreter" or "studious."
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A.
Ishaq
Ishaq is the Arabic form of the biblical name Isaac, commonly used in Muslim and Arabic-speaking communities.
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B.
Khaldoon
Khaldoon is an Arabic masculine given name commonly used in the Middle East.
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C.
Samaritan (as-Samiri)
Samaritan (as-Samiri) is a Qur’anic figure known for leading the Israelites astray by fashioning the golden calf during Prophet Musa’s (Moses’) absence.
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D.
‘Alawiyya
‘Alawiyya is a Sufi order that emerged as a prominent branch of the Shadhiliyya tradition, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification and remembrance of God.
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E.
Rashid
Rashid is one of the child mascots created to represent the themes of innovation and optimism at Expo 2020 Dubai.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ theophoric name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Prophet Idris
ⓘ
surface form:
Idris (prophet)
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| category |
Arabic masculine given names
ⓘ
Islamic given names ⓘ Quranic names ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation |
knowledge
ⓘ
learning ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| etymologicalMeaning |
interpreter
ⓘ
studious ⓘ |
| gender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasArabicForm | إدريس ⓘ |
| hasGivenNameBearer |
Idris Elba
ⓘ
King Idris I of Libya ⓘ
surface form:
Idris I of Libya
King Idris I of Libya ⓘ
surface form:
Idris of Libya
Idris I of Morocco ⓘ
surface form:
Idris of Morocco
|
| languageOfOrigin | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Quran ⓘ |
| nameDayTradition | not typically associated with a name day ⓘ |
| origin | Quranic ⓘ |
| popularityContext | common among Muslim communities worldwide ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| shortFormOf |
Idris (Arabic name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Abd al-Idris (rare/constructed theophoric form)
|
| transliteration | Idrīs ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Middle East
ⓘ
Muslim-majority countries ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| variantForm |
Idrees
ⓘ
Idris (Arabic name) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Idrees (Urdu transliteration)
Idris (Arabic name) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Idris (Turkish form: İdris)
|
| writingSystem | Arabic alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Idris (Arabic name) Description of subject: Idris is an Arabic given name of Quranic origin, traditionally associated with the prophet Idris and often interpreted to mean "interpreter" or "studious."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Idrees (Urdu transliteration)
this entity surface form:
Idris (Turkish form: İdris)
this entity surface form:
Abd al-Idris (rare/constructed theophoric form)