يحيى
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Arabic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Some scholars claim it derives from an alternative reading of the undotted rasm ىحںى / ںحںى (visually ىحىى), perhaps by influence of the verb form يَحْيَا (yaḥyā, “he is alive”), from underlying *يُحَنَّى (yuḥannā), eventually from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān), but this has been disputed. Compare the Christian Arabic form يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā).
Proper noun[edit]
يَحْيَى • (yaḥyā) m
- (Islam) John (the Baptist)
- a male given name, Yahya, Yehia
Usage notes[edit]
يَحْيَى (yaḥyā) is used almost exclusively in Islamic and Mandaean contexts. Arabic-speaking Christians refer to John as يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā).
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
Singular | singular invariable | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | يَحْيَى yaḥyā |
— |
Nominative | — | يَحْيَى yaḥyā |
— |
Accusative | — | يَحْيَى yaḥyā |
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Genitive | — | يَحْيَى yaḥyā |
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See also[edit]
- (Islamic prophets) 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 (dāwūd), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (Category: ar:Islamic prophets)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
يَحْيَى • (yaḥyā)
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