Japheth

Alternative forms

 * all rare

Etymology
From (as attested in ), from  (see e.g. ) and, both from , , from , from. Further origin uncertain; folk etymology as well as rabbinical and patristic claims usually point to a meaning like "enlarged", in reference to Genesis 9:27, or "fair" (pale, in reference to complexion).

Proper noun

 * 1)  The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) associated approx. with Indo-Europeans.
 * 2)   of biblical origin.
 * 1)   of biblical origin.
 * 1)   of biblical origin.
 * 1)   of biblical origin.
 * 1)   of biblical origin.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Yefet
 * Arabic: يَافَث
 * Armenian: Հաբեթ
 * Old Armenian: Յաբէթ
 * Bengali: ইয়াফেস
 * Czech: Jáfet
 * Dutch: Jafet
 * Finnish: Jaafet
 * Franco-Provençal: Japhét
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: Japhet
 * German: Japhet, Japheth
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Ἰάφεθ
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Iáfat
 * Italian: Jafet
 * Latin: Japheth, Japhet, Japhetus, Japetus, Iafeth, Iapetus, Iaphet, Iaphetus, Iapheth
 * Middle English: Jafeth
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Jafé
 * Russian: Иафе́т
 * Spanish: Jafet, Japhet
 * Vietnamese: Gia-phết