عيسى

Meaning

Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam.
a male given name, equivalent to English Isa

Jesus

The Lord

afars and issas territory

french somaliland

french territory of afars and issas

issas

republic of djibouti

إقليم عفار وعيسى

إقليم عفار وعيسى الفرنسي

الصومال الفرنسي

المسيح عيسى

يسوع المسيح

Ιησούς

Jèsus

Îsa

Iēsus

Iisús

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʕiː.saː/

The form is first unambiguously attested in the Qur'an and is of uncertain origin. While the Christian Arabic name يَسُوع (yasūʕ) can be considered a phonetically regular equivalent of Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), which is and has been believed to be Jesus's historic name, the Qur'anic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) seems to be a phonetic modification. The common name Safaitic 𐪒𐪊𐪚 (ʿs¹y) likely represents the same name, but cannot be securely linked to Jesus. Several theories have been brought forward to explain why the letter ayn was apparently shifted from the last to the first position. It has been noted that ayn was not pronounced in some dialects of Aramaic, including that likely spoken by Jesus himself (compare for this Hebrew יֵשׁוּ (yēšū́)). Moreover, there are indications that an unetymological word-initial ayn may have occurred more often in Arabic loans from Aramaic (compare عَمْرُوسَة (ʕamrūsa, “small lamb”) from ܐܷܡܪܘܿܣܬܴܐ (ʾemrōstā) or عَقْر (ʕaqr, “the midst of a house”) from ܐܶܩܪܶܐ (ʾaqrā) ). Dye and Kropp suggest that this may be an orthographic device borrowed from Classical Mandaic, where ayn was lost in pronunciation, but used to indicate long initial /i/. For more information, see Isa (name) on Wikipedia.

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