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Jonah in Malay

Yunus

UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/

Jonah in Malay: Yunus. In English, Jonah means a male given name from Hebrew.

Malay words for Jonah

prophet
Yunus
Biblical: a book of the Old Testament
Yunus

English meaning of Jonah

  1. proper noun A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. proper noun A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
  3. proper noun A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  4. proper noun The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Full definition of Jonah

Jonah in a sentence

  • So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

Jonah in other languages

Questions about Jonah in Malay

What is the meaning of Jonah in Malay?
Jonah in Malay is Yunus.
Apakah maksud Jonah dalam bahasa Melayu?
Jonah: Yunus.
What does Jonah mean in English?
Jonah means a male given name from Hebrew.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jonah (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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