يحيى

See also: يحيي‎ and يحيا‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaħ.jaː/
• Homophone: يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā)

Etymology 1

Some scholars claim it derives from an alternative reading of the undotted rasm ىحںى / ںحںى (visually ىحىى), perhaps by influence of the verb form يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā, “he is alive”), from underlying *يُحَنَّى (yuḥannā), eventually from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן‎ (yōḥānān), but this has been disputed. Compare the Christian Arabic form يُوحَنَّا‎ (yūḥannā).

Proper noun

يَحْيَى • (yaḥyā) m

1. (Islam) John (the Baptist)
2. a male given name, Yahya, Yehia

Usage notes

يَحْيَى‎ (yaḥyā) is used almost exclusively in Islamic and Mandaean contexts. Arabic-speaking Christians refer to John as يُوحَنَّا‎ (yūḥannā).

Declension

Declension of noun يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يَحْيَى yaḥyā	—
Nominative	—	يَحْيَى yaḥyā	—
Accusative	—	يَحْيَى yaḥyā	—
Genitive	—	يَحْيَى yaḥyā	—

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)}

Etymology 2

Verb

يَحْيَى • (yaḥyā)

1. Obsolete spelling of يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā)
2. Misspelling of يَحْيَا‎ (yaḥyā).