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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer; Yunus Khan, 15th-century Mughal Khan; Yunus Mallı, German-Turkish footballer; Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist; Yunus Öçal, Turkish volleyball coach; Yunus Parvez, Indian actor; Yunus Paşa, Ottoman statesman; Yunus Qanuni, Afghan politician; Yunus Yosfiah, Indonesian army officer; Yunus Musah ...
David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition ( Oral Torah ) and recorded use related to King David , a central figure in the Hebrew Bible , or Tanakh, and foundational to Judaism , and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam .
Pronunciation can change over time. Dictionaries may list the most commonly used forms of words, but as language changes, dictionaries change as well. At best, any guide to suggested pronunciation can reflect the preponderance of usage. A word like immediately, for example, is variously pronounced by Americans as: ihMEEdeeuhtlee; uhMEEdeeuhtlee
Respelling non-English pronunciations into English is inadequate and misleading. If an English respelling is given for a Welsh or Māori name, not only would it be bad Welsh or Māori but the implication would be that it's the English pronunciation. Nonetheless, an ad hoc description of a non-English language word in that language is permitted.
Yunus is a surname, with the same origin and meaning as Yunus (given name). Like the given name, there are several variant spellings. Notable people with this surname
A Nobel peace laureate known globally as the “banker to the poor” could be imprisoned in his home country of Bangladesh as he faces a slew of legal charges that he says are politically ...
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]