"yunus" meaning in Turkish

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Noun

IPA: /juˈnus/ Audio: LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-yunus.wav Forms: yunusu [accusative, definite], yunuslar [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of yunus balığı (literally “Jonah fish”) after the story of the Qur'anic prophet Jonah. Compare Arabic ذو النون (literally “The One of the Fish”), an epithet for Jonah. The form yunusbalığı is preserved in the Turkish name yunusbalığıgiller, used alongside yunusgiller for the dolphin family (Delphinidae). Etymology templates: {{clipping|tr|yunus balığı|lit=Jonah fish}} Clipping of yunus balığı (literally “Jonah fish”), {{m|ar|ذو النون|lit=The One of the Fish}} ذو النون (literally “The One of the Fish”), {{m|tr|yunusbalığıgiller}} yunusbalığıgiller, {{m|tr|yunusgiller}} yunusgiller, {{taxfmt|Delphinidae|family}} Delphinidae Head templates: {{head|tr|noun|definite accusative|yunusu|||plural|yunuslar|f1accel-form=def|acc|s|f1request=1|f3accel-form=nom|p|f3request=1|head=|sort=}} yunus (definite accusative yunusu, plural yunuslar), {{tr-noun|u|lar}} yunus (definite accusative yunusu, plural yunuslar)
  1. dolphin Categories (lifeform): Delphinids Related terms: afalina, dilfin

Download JSON data for yunus meaning in Turkish (3.3kB)

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