الیاس

See also: إلياس and الياس

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), from Hebrew אליהו.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ilyās
Dari reading? ilyās
Iranian reading? elyâs
Tajik reading? ilyos

Proper noun

الیاس • (ilyās / elyâs) (Tajik spelling Илёс)

  1. a male given name, Elyas, from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās) [in turn from Hebrew אליהו]
  2. (Islam) Ilyas, Elijah

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), from Hebrew אליהו.

Proper noun

اِلْیاس • (ilyāsm (Gurmukhi spelling ਇਲਿਆਸ)

  1. a male given name, Ilyas, from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās) [in turn from Hebrew אליהו]

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اِلیاس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās), from Hebrew אליהו.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

اِلْیاس • (ilyāsm (Hindi spelling इलियास)

  1. (Islam) Ilyas
  2. a male given name, Ilyas, from Arabic إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās) [in turn from Hebrew אליהו]

See also

Islamic prophetsedit