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, Yusuf, Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, or Yusef, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension

Declension of noun يُوسُف (yūsuf)‎; يُوسِف (yūsif)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يُوسُف‎; يُوسِف yūsuf‎; yūsif	—
Nominative	—	يُوسُفُ‎; يُوسِفُ yūsufu‎; yūsifu	—
Accusative	—	يُوسُفَ‎; يُوسِفَ yūsufa‎; yūsifa	—
Genitive	—	يُوسُفَ‎; يُوسِفَ yūsufa‎; yūsifa	—

Descendants

• → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
• → Azerbaijani: Yusif
• → Chinese: → 優素福／优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
• → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
• → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
• → Maguindanao: Yosef
• → Malay: Yusuf
  • → Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
• → Maranao: Yosop
• → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
  • Turkish: Yusuf
• → Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
• → Swahili: Yusufu

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 (dāwūd), 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