زكريا

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zkharyá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.ka.rij.jaː/

Proper noun

زَكَرِيَّا • (zakariyyā) m

1. Zechariah, Zacharias, Zachary (father of John the Baptist), considered a prophet in Islam.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:2:

     ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّا

     ḏikru raḥmati rabbika ʕabdahū zakariyyā

     ˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,

2. Zechariah, Zacharias (Hebrew prophet)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Zachary

Declension

Declension of noun زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)

singular	singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
nominative	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
accusative	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
genitive	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Zəkəriyyə
• → Bashkir: Зәкәриә (Zəkəriə)
• → Bengali: জাকারিয়া (jakariẏa)
• → Kazakh: Зәкәрия (Zäkäriä)
• → Northern Kurdish: Zekeriya
• → Persian: زکریا
  • → Tamil: செக்கரியா (cekkariyā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زكریا (Zekeriya)
  • → Turkish: Zekeriya
• → Swahili: Zakaria
• → Tausug: Jakariya
• → Uyghur: زەكەرىيا (zekeriya)
• → Uzbek: Zakariyyo

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

• 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 (dāwud)
• سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
• يُونُس (yūnus)
• إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
• الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
• زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
• يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
• عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)