Arabic vocabulary
How to say “Yunus” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
قال حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن يونس الرّقي قال
He said that Abdur Rahman bin Yunus Al-Raqqi narrated to us, saying,
يُونُسَ — Yunus. The father's name in this genealogy, sitting as the owned half of the 'son of' pairing before it. As a proper name it is definite by nature and takes no 'the'.
From: Trust in God →وَقَوله يُونُس وَلَا يحزنك قَوْلهم
And His saying in Yunus, 'Do not let their words grieve you.'
يُونُسُ — Yunus. A chapter name, 'Jonah', identifying the source. As a foreign proper name used as a title, it labels the cited chapter.
From: Patience in Hard Times →فَهُوَ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ أَصْحَابِ اِبْنِ يُونُسِ،
He is one of the principal companions of Ibn Yunus.
يُونُسِ — Yunus. A proper name completing the 'son of …' pair as its owner, in the genitive as the final member of the linked chain and lending definiteness back to 'son'. Together they name whose companions these were.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →OpenArabic teaches words like يُونُس through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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