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Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name.It is an [a] Arabic form of the given name John, originally Aramaic 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.
John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), [2] from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, [2] or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, [3] which is from ...
A kunya (Arabic: كنية, kunyah) [4] is a teknonym in Arabic names. It is a component of an Arabic name, a type of epithet , in theory referring to the bearer's first-born son or daughter. By extension, it may also have hypothetical or metaphorical references, e.g. in a nom de guerre or a nickname, without literally referring to a son or a ...
Isa (cousin), Mariam (aunt) Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā ( Arabic: يحيى ابن زكريا, literally Yahya/John, son of Zechariah ), identified in English as John the Baptist, is considered in Islam a prophet of God who was sent to guide the Children of Israel. He is believed by Muslims to have been a witness to The Word of God, heralding the ...
The Bible was translated into Arabic from a variety of source languages. These include Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Syriac. [ 1] Judeo-Arabic translations can also exhibit influence of the Aramaic Targums. Especially in the 19th century, Arabic Bible translations start to express regional colloquial dialects.
John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي, romanized: Yūḥana ad-Dimashqī; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Δαμασκηνός, romanized: Ioánnēs ho Damaskēnós, IPA: [ioˈanis o ðamasciˈnos]; Latin: Ioannes Damascenus; born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, يوحنا إبن منصور إبن سرجون) or John Damascene was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and ...
Arabic: يوناثان, [6] ... John (given name) Nathaniel, for a name with a similar root and meaning; References This page was last edited on 21 August 2024, at 02 ...
Qasr al-Yahud ( Arabic: قصر اليهود, lit. "The citadel of the Jews", [3] Hebrew: קאסר אל יהוד ), also known as Al-Maghtas, [1] is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River ( Matthew 3:13–17 ). It has also been traditionally identified with two episodes from ...