Zakariya

• Jakariya, Zakaria, Zakariyya

Borrowed from Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā).

Zakariya

1. (Islam) a revered nabi in Islam, equivalent to Zechariah.
2. A male given name from Arabic

Borrowed from Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā).

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /zakaɾia/ [za.k̠ɑˈɾja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Za‧ka‧ri‧ya

Zakariya (Sulat Sūg spelling زَكَرِيَ)

1. a male given name from Arabic
2. (Islam) Zakariyya, Zechariah, Zakaria, Zecharias, revered as a major prophet in Islam.

Borrowed from English Zechariah, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

Zakariya

1. Zechariah
   1. (biblical) A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.
   3. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
   5. (biblical) A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
   6. (biblical) A Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist.

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