يحيى

See also: يحيي, يحيا, and یحیی

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

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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 or Yehia

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

Declension of noun 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 (dāwud), 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).