Etymology

Younis

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Today it means: A surname from Arabic. Full definition →

Arabic يُونُس ← Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς ← Hebrew יונה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromיונה
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἸωνᾶς
  3. Arabic · borrowed fromيُونُس
  4. English todayYounis

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

Words from the same roots

Arabicيُونُس all →

YunusYounus

Ancient GreekἸωνᾶς all →

YunusYounus

Hebrewיונה all →

YunusYounus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.