Yusup
Юсуп
A regional spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic name of the biblical and Quranic Joseph, meaning roughly "he will add" or "God increases".
Meaning and origin
Yusup reflects the final consonant shifting from "f" to "p" that several Turkic and Malay-Indonesian languages apply when they borrow Arabic names, so it stands as the everyday local spelling of Yusuf among Uyghur…
How to pronounce Yusup
| Indonesian (Indonesia) | YOO-soop /ˈjusup/ |
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