ઈસુ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• ઈશુ (īśu)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ)der.?

Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ)

Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa, yēšū́aʿ)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)lbor.

Gujarati ઈસુ

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). The earliest attestations are from 1860s Bible translations.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈi.su/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ઈ‧સુ

Proper noun

ઈસુ • (īsu) m

1. (Christianity) Jesus

Synonyms

• ઈસા (īsā), જીઝસ (jījhas)

Derived terms

• ઈસુદાસ (īsudās)
• ઈસુબાપ (īsubāp, noun, literally “father Jesus”)

Further reading

• “ઈશુ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• ગૂજરાત વિદ્યાપીઠ [gūjrāt vidyāpīṭh] (1949), સાર્થ જોડણીકોશ [sārth joḍṇīkoś]‎^[1] (in Gujarati), Ahmedabad, page 131