Yāqūt
ياقُوت
Say it yaa-QOOT
A ruby, a precious stone
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl or boy
- Arabic root
- y-q-t
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Yaqut, Yakut, Yaqoot
Meaning & source
The ruby (yāqūt), a precious stone; al-Jawharī says the word is said to be Persian, taken into Arabic.
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يَقِتُ: الْجَوْهَرِيُّ: الياقُوتُ، يُقَالُ فارسيٌّ مُعَرَّبٌ، وَهُوَ فاعُول، الْوَاحِدَةُ: يَاقُوتَةٌ، وَالْجَمْعُ: الْيَوَاقِيتُ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.