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yunus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
yunus
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Jonah, a major prophet of Islam.

name

10th chapter of the Quran, (Sura Al Yunus)

name

A surname from Arabic.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ἰωνᾶς, יונה

Questions

What does yunus mean?
Jonah, a major prophet of Islam.
Where does yunus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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