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)

1. a male given name from Hebrew.
2. (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], 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]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [juː.nɪ́s]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [juː.nɪ́s]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ju.nís]

• (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)

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /juː.nʊs/

Proper noun

یونس • (yūnus) m (Hindi spelling यूनुस)

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

Synonyms

• یوناہ (yūnā) (Protestantism)