ज़करिय्या

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زکریا (zakariyyā), from Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Biblical Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /zə.kə.ɾɪj.jɑː/, [zɐ.kɐ.ɾɪj.jäː], /d͡ʒə.kə.ɾɪj.jɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.kɐ.ɾɪj.jäː]

Proper noun

ज़करिय्या • (zakariyyām (Urdu spelling زکریا)

  1. (Islam) Zakariya, equivalent to the Biblical Zechariah
    Synonyms: (Judaism, Christianity) ज़कार्याह (zakāryāh), ज़ख़ार्याह (zaxāryāh)
  2. a male given name, Zakariya, from Arabic, equivalent to English Zechariah

Coordinate terms

Islamic prophetsedit