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Arabic
Etymology
From Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m
- Joseph, a Hebrew patriarch
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:46:يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ لَعَلِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ- yūsufu ʔayyuhā ṣ-ṣiddīqu ʔaftinā fī sabʕi baqarātin simānin yaʔkuluhunna sabʕun ʕijāfun wa-sabʕi sunbulātin ḵuḍrin wa-ʔuḵara yābisātin laʕallī ʔarjiʕu ʔilā n-nāsi laʕallahum yaʕlamūna
- “Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven lean, and seven green ears of grain and others dry – that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know .”
- Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)
- The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- a male given name, Yusuf, Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, or Yusef, equivalent to English Joseph
Declension
Declension of noun يُوسُف (yūsuf); يُوسِف (yūsif)
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basic singular diptote
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Definite
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يُوسُف; يُوسِف
yūsuf; yūsif
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يُوسُفُ; يُوسِفُ
yūsufu; yūsifu
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يُوسُفَ; يُوسِفَ
yūsufa; yūsifa
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يُوسُفَ; يُوسِفَ
yūsufa; yūsifa
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Descendants
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 (dāwud), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (Category: ar:Islamic prophets)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “يوسف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Malay
Proper noun
يوسف
- Jawi spelling of Yusuf.