ایوب

See also: ايوت, and أيوب

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaj.ˈjuːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.júːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.júːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.júːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.júb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [æj.júːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäj.júb]

Readings
Classical reading?	ayyūḇ
Dari reading?	ayyūb
Iranian reading?	ayyub
Tajik reading?	ayyub

Proper noun

Dari	ایوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Айюб

اَیّوب • (ayyub)

1. Job (prophet)
2. a male given name, Ayoub or Ayoob, from Arabic, equivalent to English Job.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَیُّوب (ayyūb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əj.juːb/

Proper noun

اَیُّوب • (ayyūb) m (Hindi spelling अय्यूब)

1. (Islam) Ayyub, Job
2. a male given name from Arabic

References

• “ایوب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ایوب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.