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

  1. Jeremiah
    1. (biblical) Book of the Bible.
    2. (biblical) Name of the prophet.
  2. 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

  1. Jeremiah
    1. (Abrahamism, biblical) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
    2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
    3. a male given name from Hebrew.

References

  • Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible