ܝܘܢܢ

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶν (Iōnân), the accusative of Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs); ultimately from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yoná, literally “dove”). Doublet of ܝܲܘܢܵܐ (yawnā, “dove”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [yawnaːn]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [yoːnan]

ܝܲܘܢܵܢ • (yawnān) m

1. (biblical) Jonah (a minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish)
2. (biblical) Jonah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
3. a male given name, Yonan, equivalent to English Jonah
4. a surname transferred from the given name

• ܝܲܘܢܘܿ (yawnō) (diminutive, nickname)