یعقوب

See also: يعقوب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יעקב.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ya'qūb
Dari reading? ya'qūb
Iranian reading? ya'ġub
Tajik reading? ya'qub

Proper noun

Dari یعقوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Яъқуб

یعقوب • (ya'qub)

  1. a male given name from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb) [in turn from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ, in turn from Hebrew יעקב], equivalent to English Jacob or James

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יעקב.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

یَعْقُوب • (ya'qūb) m (Hindi spelling याक़ूब)

  1. (Islam) Yaqub, Jacob
  2. a male given name from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb) [in turn from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ, in turn from Hebrew יעקב]
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