یونس

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

Proper noun

یونس • (Yunus)

  1. a male given name from Hebrew.
  2. (biblical) Jonah, a minor prophet of the Old Testament

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: Yunus

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یونس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1369
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یونس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 5639
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2221

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yūnus
Dari reading? yūnis
Iranian reading? yunes
Tajik reading? yunis

Proper noun

یونس • (yunes)

  1. Jonah, Jonas (prophet)
  2. a male given name from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

یونس • (yūnus) m (Hindi spelling यूनुस)

  1. (Islam, Roman Catholicism) Jonah, Jonas (prophet)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) Book of Jonah

Synonyms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia