זכריה

Hebrew

Etymology

From זכר (“has remembered”) +‎ יה (“Yahweh”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

זְכַרְיָה • (z'kharyá) m

  1. (biblical) Zechariah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
  2. (biblical) Zechariah (a Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets)
  3. a male given name, equivalent to English Zechariah
  4. (Islam) Zakariya a major nabi of Islam

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

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