يوسف

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”).

• IPA^(key): /juː.suf/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /juː.sif/

يُوسُف • (yūsuf) m

1. Joseph, a Hebrew patriarch
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:46:

     يُوسُفُ أَيُّهَا الصِّدِّيقُ أَفْتِنَا فِي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَأُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍ لَعَلِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

     yūsufu ʔayyuhā ṣ-ṣiddīqu ʔaftinā fī sabʕi baqarātin simānin yaʔkuluhunna sabʕun ʕijāfun wa-sabʕi sunbulātin ḵuḍrin wa-ʔuḵara yābisātin laʕallī ʔarjiʕu ʔilā n-nāsi laʕallahum yaʕlamūna

     “Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven lean, and seven green ears of grain and others dry – that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you].”

2. Joseph, husband of Mary (mother of Jesus)
3. The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
4. a male given name, Yusuf, Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf, or Yusef, equivalent to English Joseph

• → Albanian: Jusuf, Isuf
• → Azerbaijani: Yusif
• → Bashkir: Йосоп (Yosop)
• → Bengali: ইউসুফ (iuśuph)
• → Chinese: 優素福 / 优素福 (Yōusùfú) (transliteration)
• → Classical Persian: یُوسُف (yūsuf)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: यूसुफ़ (yūsuf), यूसुफ (yūsuph) — nuqtaless

    Urdu: یُوسُف (yūsuf)

• → Kazakh: Жүсіп (Jüsıp)
• → Middle Armenian: Յուսուփ (Yusupʻ), Իւսուֆ (Iwsuf), Ուսուփ (Usupʻ), Յուսուֆ (Yusuf)
• → Maguindanao: Yosef
• → Malay: Yusuf
  • → Indonesian: Yusuf, Jusuf, Joesoef
• → Maranao: Yosop
• → Ottoman Turkish: یوسف
  • Turkish: Yusuf
• → Uyghur: يۈسۈپ (yüsüp)
• → Swahili: Yusufu

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “يوسف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

يوسف

1. Jawi spelling of Yusuf.‎