يعقوب

From Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿaqōv). Corresponding to Arabic يَعْقُبُ (yaʕqubu, “he follows”).

• IPA^(key): /jaʕ.quːb/

يَعْقُوب • (yaʕqūb) m

1. Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
2. James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament

   يَعْقُوب الْبَارّ ― yaʕqūb al-bārr ― James the Just

   يَعْقُوب بِن زَبَدِي ― yaʕqūb bin zabadī ― James, son of Zebedee

   يَعْقُوب بِن حَلْفَى ― yaʕqūb bin ḥalfā ― James, son of Alphaeus

3. a male given name, Jacob, James, Jack, Jacques

• ياكوب (yākūb)

• إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)

• Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב (yaʿqūbu)
• → Azerbaijani: Yaqub
• → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
• → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
• → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Jakıp)
• → Ottoman Turkish: یعقوب
  • Turkish: Yakup
  • → Albanian: Jakup
• → Persian: یعقوب (ya'qub)
• → Urdu: یعقوب (ya'qūb)
• → Uzbek: Yaʼqub
• → Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yakub)

• (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)}