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Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zkharyá).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
زَكَرِيَّا • (zakariyyā) m
- Zechariah, Zacharias, Zachary (father of John the Baptist), considered a prophet in Islam.
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:2:ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّا- ḏikru raḥmati rabbika ʕabdahū zakariyyā
- ˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,
- Zechariah, Zacharias (Hebrew prophet)
Declension
Declension of noun زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
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زَكَرِيَّا
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زَكَرِيَّا
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زَكَرِيَّا
zakariyyā
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زَكَرِيَّا
zakariyyā
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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)