יוסף

Arabic

Proper noun

יוסף • (yūsuf) m

Judeo-Arabic spelling of يُوسُف (yūsuf, “Joseph (biblical character); a male given name”)‎‎
- c. 1190, Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed‎^[1]:
  כנת איהא אלתלמיד׳ אלעזיז ר׳ יוסף ש״צ ב״ר יהודה נ״ע
  To R. Joseph (may God protect him!), son of R. Jehudah (may his repose be in Paradise!):—

Aramaic

Proper noun

יוסף • (transliteration needed)

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

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ס־ף (y-s-p)
8 terms

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

(biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
(Christianity) Joseph, husband of Mary, mother of Jesus
(Islam) Yusuf, a prophet of Islam
(Islam) the 12th sura (chapter) of the Quran
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: Josip, Josif
  - → Slovene: Josip
  - → Ukrainian: Йо́сип (Jósyp)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἰώσηπος (Iṓsēpos)
→ Arabic: يُوسُف (yūsuf)
- → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
- → Azerbaijani: Yusif
- → Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
- → Bengali: ইউসুফ (iuśuph)
- → Chinese: 優素福 / 优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
- → Classical Persian: یُوسُف (yūsuf)
  - → Hindustani:
    Hindi: यूसुफ़ (yūsuf), यूसुफ (yūsuph) — nuqtaless
    Urdu: یُوسُف (yūsuf)
- → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
- → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
- → Maguindanao: Yosop
- → Malay: Yusuf
  - → Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
- → Maranao: Yosop
- → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
  - Turkish: Yusuf
- → Tausug: Yusup
- → Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
- → Swahili: Yusufu
→ Yiddish: יוסף (yosef, yoysef)
→ Telugu: యోసేపు (yōsēpu)

Anagrams

סופי

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɔsəf/, /ˈjɔɪ̯səf/

Proper noun

יוסף • (yosef, yoysef) m

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