Yeremiya
Chichewa
Etymology
Borrowed from English Jeremiah, from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /je.ɽeˈmi.ja/
Proper noun
Yeremiya
- Jeremiah
- a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin
References
- Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary[1], Oxford University Press, page 601
Tumbuka
Etymology
Borrowed from English Jeremiah, from Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
Proper noun
Yeremiya
- Jeremiah
- (Abrahamism, biblical) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
- (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
- a male given name from Hebrew.
References
- Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible