Zakariya

Zakariya

The tomb of Zakaryyah father of Yahya within the Great Mosque of Aleppo in Syria
Pronunciation	Arabic: [zakariːjaː]
Gender	male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Word/name	Zakharyah (Hebrew זְכַרְיָה)
Meaning	God has remembered
Region of origin	Arab world, Muslim world
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zekaria, Zakaryyaa etc.
Variant form(s)	Zakarya ((Persian زكريا))
Related names	Zechariah, Zachary

Zakariya (also transliterated as Zakaria, Zekariyya, Zekeriya, Zakaryyaa etc, Arabic: زَكَرِيَّاء or زَكَرِيَّا) is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Zechariah which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God has remembered".^[1]

Ancient times[]

• Zakariya, the father of John the Baptist (Yahya)

Medieval era[]

• Zakariyya al-Ansari (c.1420–1520), Egyptian historian and Islamic scholar
• Zakariya al-Qazwini, 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, Indian Sufi saint
• Abu Zakariya, founder and first ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya

Modern times[]

Given name[]

• Zakaria Abdulla (born 1956?), Kurdish singer
• Zakariyya Ahmad (1896–1961), Egyptian musician and composer
• Zakaria Alaoui, Moroccan football goalkeeper
• Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi, first Saudi female commercial airline pilot
• Zakaria Amara, accused of plotting terrorist attacks against targets in southern Ontario
• Zakaria Azmi, Egyptian politician
• Zakaria Botros (born 1934), Coptic priest from Egypt
• Zakaria Charara, Lebanese footballer
• Zekeria Ebrahimi (born 1996), Afghan actor known for The Kite Runner
• Zakariya Essabar, Moroccan al-Qaeda member
• Zakaria Goneim (1905–1959), Egyptian archaeologist
• Wilhelmus Zakaria Johannes (1895–1952), Indonesian doctor
• Muhammad Zakariya al-Kandahlawi, Sunni Muslim scholar of the Indian subcontinent
• Zakaria Khan, birth name of Indian actor Jayant
• Zakaria Mohieddin (born 1918), Egyptian military officer, former Prime Minister of Egypt
• Zakariyyā Mūsawiy (born 1968), French citizen convicted of conspiracy to kill
• Zakaria Al Omari, Syrian footballer
• Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (1929–1973), birth name of Malaysian film actor, director and songwriter P. Ramlee
• Zakaria Tamer (born 1931), Syrian author
• Zakaria Zubeidi, Palestinian militant leader
• Zakaria Zuffri, Indian cricketer

Surname[]

• Arif Zakaria, Indian actor
• Asif Zakaria, Indian politician
• Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer of Congolese descent
• Fareed Zakaria, Indian-American journalist and author
• Ibrahim Zakaria, multiple people
• Mohammed Zakariya, American calligrapher
• Moufdi Zakaria, Algerian poet and writer

See also[]

• Az-Zakariyya, Palestinian village depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
• Bahauddin Zakariya University
• Zechariah (given name)
• Zacharias (surname)
• Zechariah (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Zakari
• All pages with titles beginning with Zekeri

References[]

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