یحیی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یحیی (yahyā), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

یَحْییٰ • (yaḥyā) m (Hindi spelling यहया)

  1. (Islam) Yahya
  2. a male given name from Arabic

References

  • “یحیی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یحیی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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