یوسف

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), itself from Hebrew יוסף (Yōsēph).

Proper noun

یوسف • (Yusuf)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew.
  2. (biblical) Joseph, the eleventh and favorite son of Jacob
  3. (biblical) Joseph, the husband of Virgin Mary

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: Yusuf

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یوسف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1364
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یوسف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5624
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یوسف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2215

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), from Hebrew יוסף (yoséf).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yūsuf
Dari reading? yūsuf
Iranian reading? yusof, yusef
Tajik reading? yusuf

Proper noun

Dari یوسف
Iranian Persian
Tajik Юсуф

یوسف • (yusof or yusef)

  1. Joseph (eleventh and favourite son of Jacob)
  2. Joseph (husband of the Virgin Mary)
  3. Joseph (12th sura (chapter) of the Quran)
  4. Joseph (Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.)
  5. a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

Derived terms

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یُوسُف (yūsuf), from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m (Hindi spelling यूसुफ़)

  1. (Islam) Yusuf, Joseph
  2. a male given name from Arabic
  3. Joseph (12th sura (chapter) of the Quran)

References

  • “یوسف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یوسف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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