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ഈശോ

eesho īśō /iːʃoː/

Also spelled: isho

Meaning in English

Jesus of Nazareth, the Christian Messiah.

proper noun · സംജ്ഞാനാമം

Definition

Meaning and examples

  1. Jesus of Nazareth, the Christian Messiah.

  2. a male given name from Syriac

Forms

alternative യേശു

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܝܫܘܥ (īšōʿ), in turn from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšûaʿ, “Jesus”), a syncopated form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšuaʿ, “Joshua”).

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