Yishak
ይስሃቅ
The Amharic form of the biblical Isaac, from Hebrew Yitzchak, "he laughs" or "he will laugh".
Meaning and origin
Yishak carries the patriarch Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah in the Hebrew Bible, into Amharic, alongside a closely related Tigrinya form used in Eritrea.
How to pronounce Yishak
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | yis-HAHK /jɨsˈhakʼ/ |
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