yunus

See also: Yunus

Turkish
FWOTD – 11 December 2022

Etymology

Clipping of yunus balığı (literally “Jonah fish”) after the story of the Qur'anic prophet Jonah. Compare Arabic ذو النون (literally “The One of the Fish”), an epithet for Jonah. The form yunusbalığı is preserved in the Turkish name yunusbalığıgiller, used alongside yunusgiller for the dolphin family (Delphinidae).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juˈnus/
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Noun

yunus (definite accusative yunusu, plural yunuslar)

  1. dolphin
    • 2015 July 1, Kemal Bilbaşar, Yeşil Gölge, Can Yayınları, →ISBN:
      Yunus balığı insanın dostudur. Onu yemez.
      The dolphin is the man's friend. He won't eat him.
    • 2020 March 22, Sevim Asımgil, Hayatımdan Çık Git, Çelik Yayınevi, →ISBN:
      Suların herhangi bir yerinde fazlaca bir kıpırdanış görsem, orada yunus balığı olabileceği geçiyor aklımdan.
      If I see a lot of movement anywhere in the water, it crosses my mind that there might be dolphins there.

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