زكريا

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zkharyá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.ka.rij.jaː/

Proper noun

زَكَرِيَّا • (zakariyyā) m

1. Zechariah, Zacharias, Zachary (father of John the Baptist), considered a prophet in Islam.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:2:

     ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّا

     ḏikru raḥmati rabbika ʕabdahū zakariyyā

     ˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,

2. Zechariah, Zacharias (Hebrew prophet)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Zachary

Declension

Declension of noun زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
Nominative	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
Accusative	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—
Genitive	—	زَكَرِيَّا zakariyyā	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Zəkəriyyə
• → Bashkir: Зәкәриә (Zəkəriə)
• → Bengali: জাকারিয়া (jakariẏa)
• → Kazakh: Зәкәрия (Zäkäriä)
• → Northern Kurdish: Zekeriya
• → Persian: زکریا
  • → Tamil: செக்கரியா (cekkariyā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زكریا (Zekeriya)
  • → Turkish: Zekeriya
• → Uyghur: زەكەرىيا (zekeriya)
• → Uzbek: Zakariyyo

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 (dāwud), سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), يُونُس (yūnus), إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ), زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), عِيسَى (ʕīsā), مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) ^{(Category: ar:Islamic prophets)}