Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya'akov). Cognate with Azerbaijani Yaqub, Kazakh Жақып (Jaqyp), Tajik Яъқуб (Yaʾqub), Turkish Yakup, Uzbek Yaʼqub, etc.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Жакып (Jakıp) (Arabic spelling جاقىپ)

  1. (biblical) Jacob
  2. a male given name from Arabic, Jacob

Declension

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