یحیی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yahyā
Dari reading? yahyā
Iranian reading? yahyâ
Tajik reading? yahyo

Proper noun

یحیی • (yahyā / yahyâ) (Tajik spelling Яҳё)

  1. (Islam) Yahya

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یحیی (yahyā), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

یَحْییٰ • (yaḥyām (Hindi spelling यहया)

  1. (Islam) Yahya
  2. a male given name from Arabic

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

References

  • یحیی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • یحیی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.