Given name · Ottoman Turkish · Persian · Urdu · unknown
یوسف
“to add”
یوسف (yūsuf) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Urdu, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
Ottoman Turkish and Persian and Urdu and unknownWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Joseph.
Meaning & origin
What it means
یوسف goes back to Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf), meaning “to add.”
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Where it comes from
یوسف comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian یُوسُف, from Arabic يُوسُف, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”), from Biblical Hebrew י־ס־ף.
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یوسف’s family of names
In Persian usage, یوسف has a conventional equivalent in the English form Joseph. یوسف can be written in the Roman alphabet as Yüsüf.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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