يوسف

See also: یوسف

Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː.suf/

Proper noun

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m

1. Joseph, a Hebrew patriarch
2. Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)
3. The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
4. a male given name, Joseph, Yusuf, Youssef

Declension

Declension of noun يُوسُف (yūsuf)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يُوسُف yūsuf	—
Nominative	—	يُوسُفُ yūsufu	—
Accusative	—	يُوسُفَ yūsufa	—
Genitive	—	يُوسُفَ yūsufa	—

Derived terms

• يوسف أفندي

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Yusif
• → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)

See also

• (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)}

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “يوسف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN