English Explanatory Dictionary

Jonah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
  3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  4. The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
noun
  1. A person who brings a ship bad luck.
  2. Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/ /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/ En-au-Jonah.ogg

Word forms

Jonah Jonahs

Etymology

From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

Related words

Jonas Jonasen Jonasohn Jonassen Jonassohn Jonasson

Derived words

Jonah fishing Jonahism

Translations

Afrikaans: Jona Arabic: يُونُس Basque: Jonas Bengali: ইঊনুস Breton: Yona Cebuano: Jonas Eastern Min Chinese: 約拿書 /约拿书 Corsican: Ghjonassu Czech: Jonáš Danish: Jonas Dutch: Jonas Estonian: Joona Finnish: Joona French: Jonas West-Frisian: Jona German: Jonas Greek: Ιωνάς Hawaiian: Iona Hindi: यूनुस Hungarian: Jónás Icelandic: Jónas Ido: Ionas Italian: Giona Japanese: ヨナ書 Northern Kurdish: Yûnis Latin: Ionas Latvian: Jonas Limburgish: Jona Lithuanian: Jonos knyga Norwegian: Jonas Polish: Jonasz Portuguese: Jonas Romanian: Iona Scots: Jonah Scottish Gaelic: Ionah Slovak: Jonáš Slovene: Jona Spanish: Jonás Swahili: Yona Swedish: Jonas
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