יוסף
Arabic
Proper noun
יוסף • (transliteration needed) m
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of يُوسُف (yūsuf, “Joseph (biblical character); a male given name”)
Aramaic
Proper noun
יוסף • (transliteration needed)
- (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
- Joseph (a male given name)
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| י־ס־ף (y-s-p) |
| 7 terms |
Third-person singular jussive of הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), thus meaning “may he add”.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /joˈsef/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /joːˈsip/
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Proper noun
יוֹסֵף • (yoséf) m
- (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
- a male given name, Yosef, equivalent to English Joseph
Derived terms
- בֵּן פּוֹרָת יוֹסֵף (bén porát yoséf)
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
- → Arabic: يُوسُف (yūsuf)
- → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
- → Azerbaijani: Yusif
- → Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
- → Bengali: ইউসুফ (iuśuph)
- → Chinese: 優素福 / 优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
- → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
- → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
- → Maguindanao: Yosef
- → Malay: Yusuf
- → Maranao: Yosop
- → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
- Turkish: Yusuf
- → Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
- → Swahili: Yusufu
- → Yiddish: יוסף (yosef, yoysef)
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɔsəf/, /ˈjɔɪ̯səf/
Proper noun
יוסף • (yosef, yoysef) m