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English
Arabic
Hebrew
Aramaic (Syriac)
Mandaic
אָדָם
a-dam
ʾāḏām
Adam; also “human being”
ܢܘܚ
nookh
Nūḥ
Peshitta Matt 24:37
The final ḥ is lost in Mandaic.
إِبْرَاهِيم
ib-raa-heem
Ibrāhīm
אַבְרָהָם
av-ra-ham
ʾAḇrāhām
Mandaic drops the first vowel. The Arabic form has the long ī.
ܐܝܣܚܩ
ees-khaq
ʾĪsḥāq
Peshitta Matt 1:2
not verified
Hebrew has ṣ; Arabic and Syriac both have s here. Wiktionary treats the Arabic as borrowed from the Hebrew name. Mandaic form not verified.
إِسْمَاعِيل
is-maa-eel
Ismāʿīl
יִשְׁמָעֵאל
yish-ma-el
Yišmāʿēʾl
“God hears” (Gen 16:11)
ܐܝܫܡܥܝܠ
eesh-ma-eel
ʾĪšmāʿīl
Peshitta Gen 16:11
not verified
Arabic s, Hebrew and Syriac š. The name is built from “hear” (š-m-ʿ) and “God” (ʾēl). Mandaic form not verified.
Mandaic form not verified.
Mandaic form not verified.
Arabic s corresponds to š in the other three.
Mandaic form not verified.
ܕܘܝܕ
da-weed
Dawīḏ
Peshitta Matt 1:1
not verified
Mandaic form not verified.
سُلَيْمَان
su-lay-maan
Sulaymān
ܫܠܝܡܘܢ
shle-mon
Šlēmōn
wikt · Peshitta Matt 6:29
not verified
Built on the same root as “peace” (Greetings page). Mandaic form not verified.
יוֹנָה
yo-na
Yônâ
Jonah; also “dove”
ܝܘܢܢ
yow-nan
Yawnān
Peshitta Matt 12:39
not verified
The names share the stem y-w-n, but the endings differ, so we do not call them identical.
ܐܝܘܒ
ee-yob
ʾĪyōḇ
Peshitta James 5:11
not verified
Mandaic form not verified.
زَكَرِيَّا
za-ka-ree-yaa
Zakariyyā
זְכַרְיָה
ze-khar-ya
Zĕḵaryâ
“the LORD remembered”
not verified
Built on the root z-k-r, “remember”. Mandaic form not verified.
يَحْيَىٰ
yah-yaa
Yaḥyā
Quranic name
different name
יוֹחָנָן
yo-kha-nan
Yôḥānān
“the LORD is gracious”
The Quranic name Yaḥyā is not a cognate of Yôḥānān. The traditional reading links it to ḥ-y-y, “to live”. Some scholars suggest a link through the Arabic spelling of the Christian Arabic form Yuḥannā (Wiktionary summarises both). Quran 19:7 says this name was not given to anyone before. Mandaic Iuhana is the name of the central Mandaean figure.
عِيسَى
ee-sa
ʿĪsā
Quranic name
see note
ܝܫܘܥ
ee-shoo
Yēšūʿ (Eastern: Īšōʿ)
Wiktionary notes that Quranic ʿĪsā has no clear derivation from Yēšûaʿ (origin uncertain), while the Christian Arabic name Yasūʿ (يَسُوع) is the regular equivalent of Yēšûaʿ. We therefore give ʿĪsā as the Quranic name and do not claim a shared root. Mandaean sources treat this figure differently from the Quran; this page compares names, not teaching.
Messiah, the anointedm-š-ḥ / m-s-ḥ
مَسِيح
ma-seeh
masīḥ
as in al-Masīḥ (Quran 3:45)
מָשִׁיחַ
ma-shee-akh
māšîaḥ
From the root “to anoint”. Arabic s corresponds to š in the others. In Mandaic the title is used in its own tradition and should not be read as the Quranic sense.