Zakariya
Zakariya (also spelled Zakaria or Zachariah) is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "God has remembered". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Zechariah.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name Zakariya is of Arabic origin and means "God has remembered". It is derived from the Hebrew name Zechariah, which is composed of two elements: "Zakar", meaning "to remember", and "Yah", a shortened form of "Yahweh", the Hebrew name for God. Thus, the name can be interpreted as "God remembers" or "remembrance of God".
People with the name Zakariya[edit | edit source]
There are many notable people with the name Zakariya, including:
- Zakariya al-Qazwini, a 13th-century Persian physician, astronomer, geographer, and proto-science fiction writer.
- Zakariya Khan Bahadur, a Mughal governor of Lahore from 1726 until his death in 1745.
- Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, a Bahraini journalist who died in police custody in 2011.
- Zakariya Paul Gerage, an American convicted for his role in the 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting.
In religion[edit | edit source]
In Islam, Zakariya is a prophet and the father of John the Baptist. He is mentioned by name in the Quran in Surah 19, Maryam, among others.
In Christianity, Zechariah is also a prophet and the father of John the Baptist. He is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament.
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