يعقوب
See also: یعقوب
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ) or Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv). Corresponding to Arabic يَعْقُبُ (yaʕqubu, “he follows”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaʕ.quːb/
Proper noun
يَعْقُوب • (yaʕqūb) m
- Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
- James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob, James, or Jack or French Jacques
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | يَعْقُوب yaʕqūb |
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| nominative | — | يَعْقُوبُ yaʕqūbu |
— |
| accusative | — | يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba |
— |
| genitive | — | يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba |
— |
Alternative forms
- ياكوب (yākūb)
Related terms
- إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)
Descendants
- Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב (yaʿqūbu)
- → Azerbaijani: Yaqub
- → Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yakub)
- → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
- → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
- → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Jakıp)
- → Malay: Yaakub
- → Ottoman Turkish: یعقوب
- → Persian: یعقوب (ya'qub)
- → Sylheti: ꠁꠀꠇꠥꠛ (iakub)
- → Urdu: یعقوب (ya'qūb)
- → Uzbek: Yaʼqub
See also
Islamic prophetsedit
- آدَم (ʔādam)
- إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)
- نُوح (nūḥ)
- هُود (hūd)
- صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)
- إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
- لُوط (lūṭ)
- إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
- إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq)
- يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
- يُوسُف (yūsuf)
- أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb)
- ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
- شُعَيْب (šuʕayb)
- مُوسَى (mūsā)
- هَارُون (hārūn)
- دَاوُد (dāwud)
- سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
- يُونُس (yūnus)
- إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
- الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
- زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
- يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
- عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
- مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)
Malay
Proper noun
يعقوب