یونس
See also: يونس
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- Եունուս (Yunus) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).
Proper noun
یونس • (Yunus)
- a male given name from Hebrew
- (biblical) Jonah, a minor prophet of the Old Testament
Derived terms
- یونس بالغی (Yunus balığı, “dolphin”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Yunus
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یونس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), 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[2], Vienna, column 5639
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2221
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /juː.ˈnus/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [juː.nɪ́s]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [juː.nés]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ju.nís]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yūnus |
| Dari reading? | yūnis |
| Iranian reading? | yunes |
| Tajik reading? | yunis |
Proper noun
یونس • (yunes)
- Jonah, Jonas (prophet)
- a male given name from Arabic
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /juː.nʊs/
Proper noun
یونس • (yūnus) m (Hindi spelling यूनुस)
- (Islam, Roman Catholicism) Jonah, Jonas (prophet)
- (Roman Catholicism) Book of Jonah
Synonyms
- یوناہ (yūnā) (Protestantism)