Jusuf

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Isuf

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf)der.

Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép)bor.

Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf)bor.

Ottoman Turkish یوسف (yusuf)bor.

Albanian Jusuf

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوسف (yusuf), borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”). Doublet of Jozef.

Proper noun

Jusuf m (definite Jusufi)

1. (Islam) Joseph
2. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension

Declension of Jusuf

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Jusuf	Jusufi	Jusufë	Jusufët
accusative		Jusufin
dative	Jusufi	Jusufit	Jusufëve	Jusufëve
ablative			Jusufësh

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

• Adem
• Idriz
• Nuh
• Hud
• Salih
• Ibrahim
• Lut
• Ismail
• Ishak
• Jakup
• Jusuf
• Ejub
• Zulkifl
• Shuajb
• Musa
• Harun
• Daut, Davud
• Sulejman
• Jonuz
• Iljaz
• Eljesa
• Zekerija
• Jahja
• Isa
• Muhammed

Derived terms

• Jusufi m (patronym)
• Jusufaj (patronym)

Related terms

• Isufi m, Isufaj m (patronymic)
• Jozef m, Josef m
• Jozefinë f
• Jozë m, Joz m (diminutive, Gheg Albanian)
• Zef m (diminutive)
• Zefaj (patronymic)
• Zefi m (patronymic)

References

• Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 32

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf)der.

Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép)bor.

Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf)bor.

Ottoman Turkish یوسف (yusuf)bor.

Serbo-Croatian Jusuf

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوسف (yusuf), borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”). Doublet of Josif and Josip.

Pronunciation

• (Bosnia) IPA^(key): /jǔsuf/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧suf

Proper noun

Jùsuf m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ју̀суф)

1. (chiefly Bosnia) a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Joseph

Further reading

• “Jusuf”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026