يوسف

See also: یوسف‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Hebrew יוֹסֵף‎ (yoséf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juː.suf/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /juː.sif/

Proper noun

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m

  1. 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 [about you].”
  2. Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)
  3. The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  4. a male given name, Joseph, Yusuf, Youssef

Declension

Descendants

  • → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
  • → Azerbaijani: Yusif
  • → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
  • → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʿ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʿ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف‎
  • → Swahili: Yusufu

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “يوسف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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