Etymology

Jakariya

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Today it means: A male given name from Bengali, equivalent to English Zachary. Full definition →

Bengali জাকারিয়া ← Arabic زَكَرِيَّا ← Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromזְכַרְיָה“Yahweh has remembered”
  2. Classical Syriac · derived fromܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ
  3. Arabic · derived fromزَكَرِيَّا
  4. Bengali · borrowed fromজাকারিয়া
  5. English todayJakariya

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

Words from the same roots

Arabicزَكَرِيَّا all →

Zakariya

Classical Syriacܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ all →

Zakariya

Hebrewזְכַרְיָה all →

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