Авакум

A name from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (khavakúk), ostensibly borrowed into Bulgarian from Ancient Greek Ἀμβακοὺμ (Ambakoùm) through Modern Greek Αββακούμ (Avvakoúm).

• IPA^(key): [ɐvɐˈkum]

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Аваку́м • (Avakúm) m

1. a male given name, Avakum, from Koine Greek [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Habakkuk

• Илчев, Стефан (1969) “Аваку̀м”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 41