Given name · Pashto
الياس
الياس (ilyās) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Pashto.
PashtoWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ilyās.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
الياس comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
الياس developed from אליהו.
الياس’s family of names
الياس developed from the Hebrew form אליהו. الياس can be written in the Roman alphabet as ilyās.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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