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 (Yusupʿ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʿ), 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