Yunus
See also: yunus
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- Junus (1947–1972)
Etymology
From Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈjunus/ [ˈju.nʊs]
- Rhymes: -unus
- Syllabification: Yu‧nus
Proper noun
Yunus
- Jonah
- (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) a prophet described in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions as having been swallowed by a large fish
- (Christianity, Judaism, biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
- (Islam) the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an
- a male given name from Arabic
See also
Islamic prophetsedit
- Kejadian
- Keluaran
- Imamat
- Bilangan
- Ulangan
- Yosua
- Hakim-hakim
- Rut
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Raja-raja
- 2 Raja-raja
- 1 Tawarikh
- 2 Tawarikh
- 1 Esdras
- 2 Esdras
- Ester
- Tobit
- Yudit
- 1 Makabe
- 2 Makabe
- Ayub
- Mazmur
- Amsal
- Pengkhotbah
- Kidung Agung
- Kebijaksanaan
- Sirakh
- Yesaya
- Yeremia
- Ratapan
- Barukh
- Yehezkiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Yoel
- Amos
- Obaja
- Yunus
- Mikha
- Nahum
- Habakuk
- Zefanya
- Hagai
- Zakharia
- Maleakhi
Further reading
- “Yunus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یونس (yūnus),[1] from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juˈnus/, (regional) IPA(key): /juːnus/
Proper noun
Yunus
- a male given name from Arabic
- (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) Jonah (prophet)
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “يونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2221