Jonah

English Etymology From the en he יוֹנָה yônâh dove. en Jonas. Pronunciation Book of Jonah en /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/ GA en /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/ RP en En-au-Jonah.ogg AU en əʊnə 2 Proper noun Yunus (surah) en male Hebrew. en 2010 w:Maggie O'Farrell The Hand That First Held Mine 165 Headline 9780755308453 'It's Jonah,' Ted says.Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?''Yep.''You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?''What? The whale thing?''Yes.'Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a Jonah. And I like the name Jonah—''Obviously,' Simmy cuts in, 'since you chose it.' en Q2468262en biblical character A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish. Jonah 1 15: So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. en Q178819en book of the bible A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh. en Islam The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Derived terms en Jonahesque Jonah fishing Jonahism Related terms en Jonas Jonasen Jonasohn Jonassen Jonassohn Jonasson Translations given name Afrikaans: af Jona Armenian: hy Հովնան Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܝܘܢܢ Yonan Asturian: ast Xonás Basque: eu Jonas Bengali: bn ইঊনুস yūnus Breton: br Yona m Cebuano: ceb Jonas Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵢⵓⵏⵙ m Chinese: Eastern Min: cdo 約拿 Iók-nā Corsican: co Ghjonassu Czech: cs Jonáš Danish: da Jonas Dutch: nl Jonas, nl Jona Estonian: et Joonas Finnish: fi Joona, fi Joonas French: fr Jonas m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jona Galician: gl Xonás m Georgian: ka იონა German: de Jonas m Greek: el Ιωνάς m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωνᾶς m Greenlandic: kl Juuna Hawaiian: haw Iona Hebrew: he יוֹנָה mf Yóna, Yoná, he ג׳ונה m jóna ג'ונה Hindi: hi जोना m Hungarian: hu Jónás Icelandic: is Jónas m Ido: io Ionas Italian: it Giona m Japanese: ja ヨナ Yona Kazakh: kk Жүніс Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Ûnis m, kmr Yûnis m Latin: la Ionas m, la Iōnās m Latvian: lv Jonas Limburgish: li Jona Lithuanian: lt Jona m Māori: mi Hona Marathi: mr जोनाह m Norwegian: no Jonas Polish: pl Jonasz m Portuguese: pt Jonas m Romanian: ro Iona m Russian: ru Ио́на m Scots: sco Jonah Scottish Gaelic: gd Ionah m Slovak: sk Jonáš Slovene: sl Jona m Spanish: es Jonás Swahili: sw Yona Swedish: sv Jona, sv Jonas Tagalog: tl Jonas Turkish: tr Yunus Ottoman Turkish: ota یونس Yunus Waray-Waray: war Jonas Welsh: cy Jona m Zealandic: zea Jona prophet Afrikaans: af Jona Arabic: ar يُونُس m, ar يُونَان m Armenian: Old Armenian: xcl Յովնան Asturian: ast Xonás Basque: eu Jonas Bengali: bn ইঊনুস yūnus Breton: br Yona m Catalan: ca Jonàs Cebuano: ceb Jonas Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵢⵓⵏⵙ Cherokee: chr ᏦᎾ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 約拿 joek3 naa4 Eastern Min: cdo 約拿 Iók-nā Mandarin: cmn 約拿 Yuēná Comorian: Maore Comorian: swb Yunusa Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Yunusa Corsican: co Ghjonassu Czech: cs Jonáš Danish: da Jonas Dutch: nl Jonas Estonian: et Joona Finnish: fi Joona m French: fr Jonas m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jona Georgian: ka იონა German: de Jona Greek: el Ιωνάς m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωνᾶς m Hawaiian: haw Iona Hebrew: he יונה m yoná Hindi: hi योना m Hungarian: hu Jónás Icelandic: is Jónas m Ido: io Ionas Irish: ga Ióna m Italian: it Giona m Japanese: ja ヨナ Yona Kazakh: kk Жүніс Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Yûnis m Latin: la Ionas, la Iōnās m Latvian: lv Jonas Limburgish: li Jona Lithuanian: lt Jona m Malay: ms Yunus Norwegian: no Jonas Polish: pl Jonasz m Portuguese: pt Jonas Rohingya: rhg Yunus Romanian: ro Iona m Russian: ru Ио́на m Scots: sco Jonah Scottish Gaelic: gd Ionah m Slovak: sk Jonáš Slovene: sl Jona m Spanish: es Jonás Swahili: sw Yona Swedish: sv Jonas Tagalog: tl Jonas Tumbuka: tum Yona Turkish: tr Yunus Ottoman Turkish: ota یونس Yunus Waray-Waray: war Jonas m Welsh: cy Jona m Zealandic: zea Jona Biblical: a book of the Old Testament Afrikaans: af Jona Arabic: ar يُونَان m Armenian: hy Հովնան Asturian: ast Xonás Basque: eu Jonas Breton: br Yona m Catalan: ca Jonàs Cebuano: ceb Jonas Chinese: Cantonese: yue 約拿書 joek3 naa4 syu1 Eastern Min: cdo 約拿書 Iók-nā-cṳ̆ Mandarin: cmn 約拿書 Yuēnáshū Corsican: co Ghjonassu Czech: cs Jonáš Danish: da Jonas Dutch: nl Jonas, nl Jona archaic Estonian: et Joona Finnish: fi Joona French: fr Jonas Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jona German: de Buch Jona n Protestant, de Buch Jonas n Catholic Greek: el Ιωνάς m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰωνᾶς m Hawaiian: haw Iona Hebrew: he יונה m yoná Hindi: hi योना m, hi यूनुस m Hungarian: hu Jónás Icelandic: is Jónas m Ido: io Ionas Irish: ga Leabhar Ióna m, ga Ióna m Italian: it Giona Japanese: ja ヨナ書 Yona sho Kazakh: kk Жүніс Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Yûnan m Latin: la Iōnās m Latvian: lv Jonas Limburgish: li Jona Lithuanian: lt Jonos knyga f Malay: ms Yunus Maltese: mt Ktieb Jona, mt Ktieb Ġona Māori: mi Hona Norwegian: no Jona, no Jonas Polish: pl Jonasz m Portuguese: pt Jonas m Romanian: ro Iona m Russian: ru Кни́га Ио́ны f Scots: sco Jonah Scottish Gaelic: gd Ionah m Slovak: sk Jonáš Slovene: sl Jona m Spanish: es Jonás m Swahili: sw Yona Swedish: sv Jonas bok c Tagalog: tl Jonas Tumbuka: tum Yona Waray-Waray: war Jonas Welsh: cy Jona m Zealandic: zea Jona tenth sūra of the Qurʾān Afrikaans: af Jona Arabic: ar يُونُس m Basque: eu Jonas Bengali: bn ইঊনুস yūnus Breton: br Yona m Cebuano: ceb Jonas Chinese: Eastern Min: cdo 約拿書 Iók-nā-cṳ̆ Corsican: co Ghjonassu Czech: cs Jonáš Danish: da Jonas Dutch: nl Jonas Estonian: et Joona Finnish: fi Joona m French: fr Jonas Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jona German: de Jonas Greek: el Ιωνάς m Hawaiian: haw Iona Hindi: hi यूनुस m Hungarian: hu Jónás Icelandic: is Jónas m Ido: io Ionas Italian: it Giona Japanese: ja ヨナ書 Yona sho Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Yûnis m Latin: la Ionas Latvian: lv Jonas Limburgish: li Jona Lithuanian: lt Jonos knyga f Norwegian: no Jonas Polish: pl Jonasz m Portuguese: pt Jonas Romanian: ro Iona m Scots: sco Jonah Scottish Gaelic: gd Ionah m Slovak: sk Jonáš Slovene: sl Jona m Spanish: es Jonás Swahili: sw Yona Swedish: sv Jonas Tagalog: tl Jonas Uyghur: ug يۇنۇس Waray-Waray: war Jonas Welsh: cy Jona m Zealandic: zea Jona Noun en nautical slang A person who brings a ship bad luck. en 2008 Richard Blake Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-singers Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome. en slang by extension Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx. en 1979 w:John Le Carré Smiley's People 61 Folio Society 2010 ‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’ Translations a person who brings a ship bad luck a jinx Dutch: nl ongeluksbrenger m, nl ongeluksbrengster f French: fr porte-malheur m German: de Unglücksbringer m, de Unglücksbringerin f, de Unglücksrabe m, de Unglücksräbin f, de Pechvogel m, de Pechvögelin f Maltese: mt Ktieb Ġona Slovene: sl Jona References 1964 Anagrams en ahjno Johan en eponyms en Qur'an Cebuano Etymology ceb From ceb en Jonah, from ceb he יוֹנָה yonáh dove. Proper noun ceb noun ceb male Hebrew ceb female Hebrew ceb unisex given names