یحیی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jah.ˈjaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäɦ.jɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäɦ.jɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.jɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.jɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæɦ.jɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäɦ.jɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	yahyā
Dari reading?	yahyā
Iranian reading?	yahyâ
Tajik reading?	yahyo

Proper noun

یحیی • (yahyā / yahyâ) (Tajik spelling Яҳё)

1. (Islam) Yahya

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدم (ādam / âdam)
• ادریس (idrīs / edris)
• نوح (nōh / nuh)
• هود (hūd / hud)
• صالح (sālih / sâleh)
• ابراهیم (ibrāhīm / ebrâhim)
• لوط (lūt / lut)
• اسماعیل (ismā'īl / esmâ'il)
• اسحاق (ishāq / eshâġ)
• یعقوب (ya'qūb / ya'ġub)
• یوسف (yūsuf / yusof)
• ایوب (ayyūb / ayyub)
• ذوالکفل (zū-l-kifl / zu-l-kefl)
• شعیب (šu'ayb / šo'eyb)
• موسی (mūsā / musâ)
• هارون (hārūn / hârun)
• داوود (dāwūd / dâvud)
• سلیمان (sulaymān / soleymân)
• یونس (yūnis / yunes)
• الیاس (ilyās / elyâs)
• الیسع (alyasa')
• زکریا (zakariyyā / zakariyâ)
• یحیی (yahyā / yahyâ)
• عیسی (īsā / isâ)
• محمد (muhammad / mohammad)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یحیی (yahyā), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəɦ.jɑː/, [jɛɦ.jɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

یَحْییٰ • (yaḥyā) m (Hindi spelling यहया)

1. (Islam) Yahya
2. a male given name from Arabic

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدَم (ādam)
• اِدْرِیس (idrīs)
• نُوح (nūh)
• ہُود (hūd)
• صالِح (sālih)
• اِبْراہِیم (ibrāhīm)
• لُوط (lūt)
• اِسْماعِیل (ismā'īl)
• اِسْحاق (ishāq)
• یَعْقُوب (ya'qūb)
• یُوسُف (yūsuf)
• اَیُّوب (ayyūb)
• ذُو الْکِفْل (zul-kifl)
• شُعَیب (śu'aib)
• مُوسیٰ (mūsā)
• ہارُون (hārūn)
• داؤُد (dāud)
• سُلَیمان (sulaimān)
• یُونُس (yūnus)
• اِلْیاس (ilyās)
• اَلْیَسَع (alyasa')
• زَکَرِیّا (zakarīyā)
• یَحْییٰ (yahyā)
• عِیسیٰ ('īsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muhammad)

References

• “یحیی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یحیی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.