Zakariya (name)
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| Pronunciation | Arabic: [zakariːjaː] |
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| Gender | male |
| Language | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Zechariah (Hebrew זְכַרְיָה) |
| Meaning | God/Yahweh has remembered |
| Region of origin | Arab world, Muslim world |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zachariah, Zekaria, Zakaryah, Zekeriya etc. |
| Variant form | Zakarya ((Persian زكريا)) |
| Related names | Zechariah, Zachary |
Zakariya (also transliterated as Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zachariah, Zekariya, Zakaryyaa etc, Arabic: زَكَرِيَّاء or زَكَرِيَّا) is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Zechariah which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/Yahweh has remembered".[1]
- Zakariya, the father of Yahya (John the Baptist)
Medieval era
- Zakariyya al-Ansari (1420–1520), Egyptian historian and Islamic scholar
- Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203-1283), Persian physician
- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), also known as "Razi" and "Rhazes", Persian physician, philosopher and scholar
- Baha-ud-din Zakariya (1170-1262), Pakistani Sufi saint
- Abu Zakariya (1203-1249), founder and first ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya
