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Zakariya

Zakariya proper noun: zechariah, father of John the Baptist, as an Islamic prophet.

Proper noun

Zakariya

  1. Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, as an Islamic prophet.
  2. A male given name from Arabic

Forms of Zakariya

alternative formZakaria
alternative formZakariyya

Origin of Zakariya

From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”). Doublet of Zachary, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, and Jakariya.

Questions about Zakariya

What does Zakariya mean?
Zakariya means zechariah, father of John the Baptist, as an Islamic prophet.
What part of speech is Zakariya?
Zakariya is a proper noun.

Words near Zakariya in the dictionary

  1. zak
  2. ZAKA
  3. zakaah
  4. zakah
  5. Zakarian
  6. Zakariya
  7. Zakarpatia
  8. Zakarpats'ka
  9. Zakarpattia
  10. Zakarpattya
  11. Zakarpatye

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