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  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
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The root yuwnus (ي و ن س) occurs 4 times in Quran, in 1 derived forms:
  • 4 times as proper noun ywns

ywns

1

4:163

BEHOLD, We have inspired thee [O Prophet] just as We inspired Noah and all the prophets after him - as We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and their descendants, including Jesus and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and as We vouchsafed unto David a book of divine wisdom;*

ana awHyna alyk kma awHyna alya nwH walnbyn mn bAdh wawHyna alya abrahym wasmaAyl wasHaq wyAqwb walasbaT wAysya waywb wywns wharwn wslyman waatyna dawd zbwra

انا اوحينا اليك كما اوحينا الى نوح والنبين من بعده واوحينا الى ابرهيم واسمعيل واسحق ويعقوب والاسباط وعيسى وايوب ويونس وهرون وسليمن وءاتينا داود زبورا

2

6:86

and [upon] Ishmael, and Elisha, and Jonah, and Lot.* And every one of them did We favour above other people;

wasmaAyl walysA wywns wlwTa wkla fDlna Aly alAalmyn

واسمعيل واليسع ويونس ولوطا وكلا فضلنا على العلمين

3

10:98

For, alas,* there has never yet been any community that attained to faith [in its entirety,] and thereupon benefited by its faith, except the people of Jonah.* When they came to believe, We removed from them the suffering of disgrace [which otherwise would have befallen them even] in the life of this world, and allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them.*

flwla kant qryẗ aamnt fnfAha aymanha ala qwm ywns lma aamnwa kşfna Anhm Aźab alKzy fy alHywaẗ aldnya wmtAnahm alya Hyn

فلولا كانت قرية ءامنت فنفعها ايمنها الا قوم يونس لما ءامنوا كشفنا عنهم عذاب الخزى فى الحيوة الدنيا ومتعنهم الى حين

4

37:139

AND, BEHOLD, Jonah was indeed one of Our mes­sage-bearers

wan ywns lmn almrslyn

وان يونس لمن المرسلين