Yakup

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یعقوب (Ya'kûb), from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv).

Proper noun

Yakup

  1. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jacob