Abdul Hai (Arabic: عبد الحي, romanized: Abd al-Ḥayy) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Hayy. The name means "servant of the Living God", Al-Hayy being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hai, Hay, Hayy or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
^Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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