יוסף

Arabic

Proper noun

יוסף • (yūsuf) m

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of يُوسُف‎ (yūsuf, “Joseph (biblical character); a male given name”)‎‎

Aramaic

Proper noun

יוסף • (transliteration needed)

  1. Joseph (Biblical figure)
  2. Joseph (a male given name)

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
י־ס־ף‎ (y-s-p)

Third-person singular jussive of הוֹסִיף‎ (hosíf, “to add”), thus meaning “may he add”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

יוֹסֵף • (yoséf) m

  1. Joseph (Biblical figure)
  2. Joseph (a male given name)

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph)
    • Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf), Ιωσήφ (Iosíf)
    • → Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʿ)
    • → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)
    • → Latin: Iōsēphus (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ)
  • → Arabic: يُوسُف‎ (yūsuf)
    • → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
    • → Azerbaijani: Yusif
    • → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
    • → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʿ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʿ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف‎
    • → Swahili: Yusufu
  • → Yiddish: יוסף‎ (yusf)

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ (yoséf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔsəf/, /ˈjɔɪ̯səf/

Proper noun

יוסף • (yosef, yoysef) m

  1. Joseph (biblical character)
  2. a male given name: Joseph
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