يعقوب

See also: یعقوب

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ) or Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv). Corresponding to Arabic يَعْقُبُ (yaʕqubu, “he follows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʕ.quːb/

Proper noun

يَعْقُوب • (yaʕqūb) m

1. (biblical) Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
2. (Christianity) James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament

   يَعْقُوب الْبَارّ ― yaʕqūb al-bārr ― James the Just

   يَعْقُوب بِن زَبَدِي ― yaʕqūb bin zabadī ― James, son of Zebedee

   يَعْقُوب بِن حَلْفَى ― yaʕqūb bin ḥalfā ― James, son of Alphaeus

3. (Islam) a prophet of Islam
4. a male given name, equivalent to English Jacob, James, or Jack or French Jacques

Declension

Declension of noun يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	يَعْقُوب yaʕqūb	—
nominative	—	يَعْقُوبُ yaʕqūbu	—
accusative	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba	—
genitive	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba	—

Alternative forms

• ياكوب (yākūb)

Related terms

• إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

Descendants

• Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב (yaʿqūbu)
• → Azerbaijani: Yaqub
• → Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yakub)
• → Classical Persian: یعقوب (ya'qūb)
• → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: याक़ूब (yāqūb), याकूब (yākūb) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: یعقوب (ya'qūb)

• → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
• → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Jakıp)
• → Malay: Yaakub
• → Ottoman Turkish: یعقوب
  • Turkish: Yakup
  • → Albanian: Jakup
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਯਾਕ਼ੂਬ (yāqūb)

  Shahmukhi script: یعقوب (ya'qūb)

• → Sylheti: ꠁꠀꠇꠥꠛ (iakub)
• → Uzbek: Yaʼqub

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)

Malay

Proper noun

يعقوب

1. Jawi spelling of Yaakub.‎