خان یونس

See also: خان يونس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانْ يُونُسْ (Ḵān Yūnus, “caravanserai of Yunis”), for Yunis al-Noorzai Khan.

Proper noun

خان یونس • (Han Yûnus)

1. Khan Younus (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)

Descendants

• Turkish: Khan Yunis

Further reading

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Hanyûnus”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 329