Yunus

See also: yunus

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یونس‎ (yūnus)[1], from Arabic يُونُس‎ (yūnus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juˈnus/, (regional) IPA(key): /juːnus/

Proper noun

Yunus

  1. a male given name
  2. A prophet in the Abrahamic religions, known in English as Jonah or Jonas.

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “يونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2221
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