یحیی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یحیی (yahyā), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jəɦ.jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

یَحْییٰ • (yaḥyā) m (Hindi spelling यहया)

1. (Islam) Yahya
2. a male given name from Arabic

References

• “یحیی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یحیی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.