יוסף

Arabic

Proper noun

יוסף • (transliteration needed) m

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of يُوسُف (yūsuf, “Joseph (biblical character); a male given name”)‎‎

Aramaic

Proper noun

יוסף • (transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
2. Joseph (a male given name)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ס־ף (y-s-p)

Third-person singular jussive of הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), thus meaning “may he add”.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joˈsef/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joːˈsip/

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Proper noun

יוֹסֵף • (yoséf) m

1. (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
2. a male given name, Yosef, equivalent to English Joseph

Derived terms

• בֵּן פּוֹרָת יוֹסֵף (bén porát yoséf)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
  • Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf), Ιωσήφ (Iosíf)
  • → Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
    • Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʻ)
  • → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)
  • → Latin: Iōsēphus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ)
    • → Belarusian: Іо́сіф (Iósif)
    • → Bulgarian: Йо́сиф (Jósif)
    • → Romanian: Iosif
    • → Russian: Ио́сиф (Iósif), О́сип (Ósip)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Јосиф
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Josip
    • → Slovene: Josip
    • → Ukrainian: Йо́сип (Jósyp)
• → Arabic: يُوسُف (yūsuf)
  • → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
  • → Azerbaijani: Yusif
  • → Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
  • → Chinese: → 優素福／优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
  • → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
  • → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
  • → Maguindanao: Yosef
  • → Malay: Yusuf
    • → Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
  • → Maranao: Yosop
  • → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
    • Turkish: Yusuf
  • → Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
  • → Swahili: Yusufu
• → Yiddish: יוסף (yosef, yoysef)

Anagrams

• סופי

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔsəf/, /ˈjɔɪ̯səf/

Proper noun

יוסף • (yosef, yoysef) m

1. (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
2. a male given name: Joseph