جان

Derived from the active participle of جَنَى‎ (janā, “to gather, to harvest; to commit a crime”), form the root ج ن ي‎ (j-n-y).

جَانٍ • (jānin) (informal جَانِي‎ (jānī), feminine جَانِيَة‎ (jāniya), masculine plural جُنَاة‎ (junāh) or جَانُونَ‎ (jānūna), feminine plural جَانِيَات‎ (jāniyāt))

1. guilty, delinquent, criminal, flagrant, vicious, evil

جَانٍ • (jānin) m (construct state جَانِي‎ (jānī), plural جَانُونَ‎ (jānūna) or جُنَاة‎ (junāh), feminine جَانِيَة‎ (jāniya))

1. gatherer, harvester, harvestman, reaper
2. perpetrator, offender, delinquent, criminal, culprit, felon, evildoer

Has the form derived from the active participle, as if from جَنَّ‎ (janna, “to hide”) (in the passive جُنَّ‎ (junna, “to go crazy”)), from the root ج ن ن‎ (j-n-n).

جَانّ • (jānn) m or f (collective, singulative جِنّي‎ m or جِنِّيَة‎ f (jinniya), plural جِنَّان‎ (jinnān) or جَوَانّ‎ (jawānn) or جِنّ‎ (jinn) or جِنَّة‎ (jinna))

1. snake, serpent
2. (proper noun, Persian mythology) Jann, the forefather of the race of jinn
3. (in the singular, common noun, rare or Classical Arabic) one of the jinn; a genie, a jann.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:74:

     ‏لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ‎‎

     lam yaṭmiṯhunna ʔinsun qablahum walā jānnun

     touched them has not mankind before them nor a jinni.

4. a serpentine or draconic class of the jinn
5. (in the plural) any supernatural being in general, especially elves and fairies.

• جِنّ‎ (jinn, “jinn”)
• نَسْنَاس‎ (nasnās, “nasnas”)
• غُول‎ (ḡūl, “ghoul”)

جان (can) (definite accusative جانێ‎ (canı), plural جانلار‎ (canlar))

1. Arabic spelling of can (“life, soul”)

Borrowed from Persian جان‎ (jân, “soul, vital spirit, life”).

جان • (can)

1. soul
2. being
3. life
4. heart
5. darling

• Turkish: can
• Albanian: xhan
• Macedonian: џан (džan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: џан

  Latin script: džan

جان • (can)

1. Suffix expressing intimacy, roughly equivalent to dear or darling, attached to a name or title

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HYA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾn'), 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗‎ (gyʾn /gyān/, “soul, ghost”), from Proto-Iranian *wyaHnáH (equivalent to*wi- + *HanH- (“to breathe”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wyaHnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), whence, for example, Latin animus.

Cognate with Northern Kurdish giyan, Central Kurdish گیان‎ (gyan), Southern Kurdish گیان‎ (gyan), Lishana Deni גיאנא‎, Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁‎ (viiānaiiā), Sanskrit व्यान (vyāná).

• جون‎ (jun)

• Rhymes: -ân

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːn/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒːn/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒːn/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuːn/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔːn/

جان • (jân) (plural جان‌ها‎ (jân-hâ))

1. soul

   ‏جان خود را از دست دادن‎ ― jân-e xod râ az dast dâdan ― to lose one's life, to pass away

2. being
3. life

جان • (jân)

1. Suffix expressing intimacy, roughly equivalent to dear or darling, attached to a name or title.

جان • (jân!)

1. exclamation of joy, pleasure

• آخ جان!‎ (âx jân), آخ جون!‎ (âx jun)

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161

Borrowed from English John.

جان • (jân)

1. a male given name, John, from English

   ‏جان کری‎ ― jân keri ― John Kerry

• to prevent confusion with the intimate suffix/title جان‎ (jân), the names John, Jean, Jaan, and other related names are more commonly transcribed as ژان‎ (žân).

Borrowed from Persian جان‎ (jân).

جان • (jān) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਾਨ)

1. life

   Synonyms: زندگی‎ (zndgī), جیون‎ (jevn), جندڑی‎ (jndṛī), حیات‎ (ḥiyat)

2. soul

   Synonyms: آتما‎ (ātmā), روح‎ (roḥ)

Borrowed from Persian جان‎ (jân).

جان (jān)

1. life; soul

From Persian جان‎ (jân).

جان • (jān) f (Hindi spelling जान)

1. life, soul
2. spirit, vitality

Borrowed from Persian جان‎ (jân, “soul, vital spirit, life”).

جان • (jan)

1. soul
2. spirit
3. life

   ‏جېنىم‎ ― jénim ― my dear

4. person
5. dear

   ‏جان ئانا‎ ― jan ana ― my dear mother