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Yakub
Yakub, Yaqub, Yaqoob, Yaqoub, Yacoub, Yakoub or Yaâkub (Arabic: يعقوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob and James. The Arabic form Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb may be direct from the Hebrew or indirectly through Syriac.[1] The name was in use in pre-Islamic Arabia[1] and is a common given name in Arab, Turkish, and Muslim societies. It is also used as a surname. It is common in Polish, Czech and Slovak languages, where it is transliterated as Jakub.
Yakub may also refer to:
- ^ a b Jane Dammen McAuliffe (General Editor) Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Volume Three : J-O
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