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Ibn is a patronym, but a kunya is the other way: your name is the name of your child. E.g. Palestine’s Abbas is also “Abu Mazen”, the father of Mazen.
by earthboundkid 7y ago
Ibn is a patronym, but a kunya is the other way: your name is the name of your child. E.g. Palestine’s Abbas is also “Abu Mazen”, the father of Mazen.