يوسف

See also: یوسف

Arabic

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m

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].”
Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)
The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
a male given name, Yusuf, Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, or Yusef, equivalent to English Joseph

Declension of noun **يُوسُف** (yūsuf)‎; **يُوسِف** (yūsif)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	يُوسُف‎; يُوسِف yūsuf‎; yūsif	—
nominative	—	يُوسُفُ‎; يُوسِفُ yūsufu‎; yūsifu	—
accusative	—	يُوسُفَ‎; يُوسِفَ yūsufa‎; yūsifa	—
genitive	—	يُوسُفَ‎; يُوسِفَ yūsufa‎; yūsifa	—

→ Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
→ Azerbaijani: Yusif
→ Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
→ Bengali: ইউসুফ (iuśuph)
→ Chinese: 優素福 / 优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
→ Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
→ Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
→ Maguindanao: Yosef
→ Malay: Yusuf
- → Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
→ Maranao: Yosop
→ Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
- Turkish: Yusuf
→ Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
→ Swahili: Yusufu

Wehr, Hans (1979) “يوسف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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