Yaḥyā

Yahya (name)

Yahya (name)

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Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name. It is an[lower-alpha 1] Arabic form of the given name John, originally Hebrew Yohanan (Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן‎ "YHWH is gracious"), i.e. primarily John the Baptist, who is known as Yahya ibn Zakariyya in Islam, and is considered a prophet in Islam. For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world. The related Biblical name of Jehiah (Yᵊḥîyâ יְחִיָּה "YHWH lives") has the Arabic form Yaḥiyyā يَحِيَّى.[1], having the same Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya does.

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  1. The other Arabic form of the given name John is Yūḥannā يوحنا, which is the form directly derived from the Hebrew original form, Yəhôḥānān יְהוֹחָנָן‎. A notable example of the use of this form is of the Arabic original name of John of Damascus.

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  1. [1]
    Van Dyck Bible: 1 Chronicles 15:24
  2. [2]
    Incipient decline, By Ṭabarī, Joel L. Kraemer, pg.105-106
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