Yunus

From Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā), all meaning Jonah. Doublet of Younis and Younus.

Yunus

1. A major nabi of Islam.
2. 10th chapter of Quran, (Sura Al Yunus)
3. A surname from Arabic.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yunus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Junus (1947–1972)

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjunus/ [ˈju.nʊs]
• Rhymes: -unus
• Syllabification: Yu‧nus

Yunus

1. Jonah
   2. (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) a prophet described in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions as having been swallowed by a large fish
   4. (Christianity, Judaism, biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
   5. (Islam) the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an
2. a male given name from Arabic

• “Yunus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یونس (yūnus),^[1] from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

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

Yunus

1. (biblical, Islam) Jonah
2. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jonah or Jonas