The story
- Hebrew · derived fromזְכַרְיָה“Yahweh has remembered”
- Classical Syriac · derived fromܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ
- Arabic · borrowed fromزَكَرِيَّا
- English todayZakariya
From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”). Doublet of Zachary, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, and Jakariya.
Words from the same roots
Arabicزَكَرِيَّا all →
Jakariya
Classical Syriacܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ all →
Jakariya
Hebrewזְכַרְיָה all →
ZacharyZechariahZachariasZachariahJakariya
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.