Zaki means pure, righteous. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (Quranic word)
زَكِيّ
Zaki
Pure, righteous
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Meaning
Zaki (زَكِيّ) is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran. It means pure, righteous. In South Asia Zaki is also used for zaki (ذكي), clever. They are two different Arabic words.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Zaki comes from the root ز ك و, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
Jibril tells Maryam he brings her "a pure boy", ghulam zakiyy, in 19:19.
قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَٰمًۭا زَكِيًّۭا
Qaala innamaa ana rasoolu Rabbiki li ahaba laki ghulaaman zakiyyaa
He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."
Quran 19:19. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it za-KEE. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Zakee and Zakiy. In Arabic it is written with 3 letters, from right to left: ز zay + ك kaf + ي ya.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Zaki bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Zaki (زَكِيّ) means pure, righteous. It is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran.
Jibril tells Maryam he brings her "a pure boy", ghulam zakiyy, in 19:19.
Zaki is used as a boy's name.
Zaki is written زَكِيّ in Arabic, said za-KEE.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, زَكِيّ. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.