يعقوب

See also: یعقوب‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂‎ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב‎ (yaʿaqōv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaʕ.quːb/

Proper noun

يَعْقُوب • (yaʕqūb) m

1. Jacob, Hebrew patriarch also known as Israel
2. James, any of a number of figures in the New Testament

   ‏يَعْقُوب الْبَارّ‎ ― yaʕqūb al-bārr ― James the Just

   ‏يَعْقُوب بِن زَبَدِي‎ ― yaʕqūb bin zabadī ― James, son of Zebedee

   ‏يَعْقُوب بِن حَلْفَى‎ ― yaʕqūb bin ḥalfā ― James, son of Alphaeus

3. a male given name, Jacob, James, Jack, Jacques, Diego

Declension

Declension of noun يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	يَعْقُوب yaʕqūb	—
Nominative	—	يَعْقُوبُ yaʕqūbu	—
Accusative	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba	—
Genitive	—	يَعْقُوبَ yaʕqūba	—

Alternative forms

• ياكوب‎ (yākūb)

Related terms

• إِسْرَائِيل‎ (ʔisrāʔīl)

Descendants

• Judeo-Arabic: יעקוב‎ (yaʿqūbu)
• → Azerbaijani: Yaqub
• → Hausa: Yaƙubu, Yakubu
• → Kazakh: Жақып (Jaqyp)
• → Kyrgyz: Жакып (Jakıp)
• → Ottoman Turkish: یعقوب‎
  • Turkish: Yakup
• → Persian: یعقوب‎ (ya'qub)
• → Urdu: یعقوب‎ (ya'qūb)
• → Uzbek: Yaʼqub
• → Bengali: ইয়াকুব (yakub)

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)}