عيسى

Etymology
The form is first unambiguously attested in the Qur'an and is of origin. While the Christian Arabic name can be considered a phonetically regular equivalent of 🇨🇬, which is and has been believed to be Jesus's historic name, the Qur'anic  seems to be a phonetic modification. The common name 🇨🇬 likely represents the same name, but cannot be securely linked to Jesus. Several theories have been brought forward to explain why the letter ayn was apparently shifted from the last to the first position. It has been noted that ayn was not pronounced in some dialects of, including that likely spoken by Jesus himself (compare for this 🇨🇬). Moreover, there are indications that an unetymological word-initial ayn may have occurred more often in Arabic loans from Aramaic (compare from  or  from  ). Dye and Kropp suggest that this may be an orthographic device borrowed from 🇨🇬, where ayn was lost in pronunciation, but used to indicate long initial /i/. For more information, see on Wikipedia.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam.

Usage notes

 * is used almost exclusively in Islamic contexts. Arabic-speaking Christians call Jesus.