Talk:Yahya (name)

Name origin[edit]

(@AK63: moved here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy, because it is a issue specific to this article). Staszek Lem (talk) 20:54, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I beg to differ that this male name is of Arabic origin! It is in FACT of a HEBREW name (& the 2 Semitic twin languages-together with Aramaic, are naturally & inevitably bound to each other & intricately-intertwined anyway!)-for, in Hebrew, the name is pronounced: Yihyeh which translates into: shall live (יחיה). The ONLY form of the word: to live in Arabic which coincides with that in/of Hebrew is the noun form, like the word: Life (in Arabic=حياة/hayat & in Hebrew: חיים/hayim & some other derivatives, like: تحيتي/tehiyatee-which means, greetings/regards while, in Hebrew, תחיה/Tehiyah-also a female name, means: revival, the coming alive of...-as in: תחיית-המתים/tehiyat-Ha'Meteem-The Resurrection of the Dead).

However, as a verb, it is precisely where the 2 languages already diverge, each, respectively: in Arabic, to live is: عيش/ayish or, 3eish (with the 3-sign symbolizing the harsh guttural sound of the letter ein) yet, ONLY in Hebrew, this words exists ALSO as a verb (לחיות/l'hyot)! Additionally, there is the reverse case where the name Ayish (or, 3yish) exists as a Jewish last name (usually, for people of Middle-eastern descent-such as, Yemeni Jews which, ONLY in Arabic, means: will live! Finally, the version (or, translation of the) name of Biblical Sarah (in the Old Testament) in Arabic is: Ayisha (or, 3yisha) who also happened to be one of Prophet Muhammad's wives!

note: I am a full time caregiver to my severely handicap spouse & am also a (linguist, teacher) & private tutor-therefore, I have NO time or energy left in me to figure out how to post correctly on Wikipedia. I am BEGGING someone else who can, to post this information correctly.

Thank you so much & may you only know happiness, infinite blessings, health & good life! AK63 (talk) 07:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@AK63: Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. However in order to add any of this to wikipeddia, we need reliable linguistic sources which discuss the issue. I am sorry that you don't have much time to work with wikipedia, but if you provide any helpful links to literature to this talk page, I am sure someone else will help you to improve the article. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:01, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Ma Yihye Yihye :-) Staszek Lem (talk) 21:06, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you indeed for your pertinent comment. AFter having researched this name, I've come up with this source (the only scholarly-based source that I could come up with/find). It is that of teh ANU-the Museum of the Jewish People in TA, Israel which documents the history of the Jews dating in their various disapora communities of origin dating back millennia (4,000 years to be exact).

https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e155649/Family_Name/YIHYE

AK63 (talk) 07:42, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@AK63: the article does not say that Yahya "is of Arabic origin", it says "is a common Arabic male given name". Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:59, 31 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]