یعقوب

See also: يعقوب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יעקב.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jaʔ.ˈquːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.qúːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.qúːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.qúːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.qúb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæʔ.ɢúːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʔ.qúb]

Readings
Classical reading?	ya'qūḇ
Dari reading?	ya'qūb
Iranian reading?	ya'ğub
Tajik reading?	yaʾqub

Proper noun

Dari	یعقوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Яъқуб

یعقوب • (ya'qub)

1. a male given name from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb) [in turn from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ, in turn from Hebrew יעקב], equivalent to English Jacob or James

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יעקב.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jə(ʔ).quːb/
• Rhymes: -uːb

Proper noun

یَعْقُوب • (ya'qūb) m (Hindi spelling याक़ूब)

1. (Islam) Yaqub, Jacob
2. a male given name from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb) [in turn from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ, in turn from Hebrew יעקב]