jaan

See also: Jaan, Jáan, and jään

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Jaan (“John”). June 24th, the day of the celebration, was designated as a feast day for St. John the Baptist by the Christian church.

Noun

jaan (genitive jaani, partitive jaani)

  1. Midsummer Day
    Synonym: jaanipäev
Inflection
Declension of jaan (type riik)
singular plural
nominative jaan jaanid
genitive jaani jaanide
partitive jaani jaane / jaanisid
illative jaani / jaanisse jaanidesse / jaanesse
inessive jaanis jaanides / jaanes
elative jaanist jaanidest / jaanest
allative jaanile jaanidele / jaanele
adessive jaanil jaanidel / jaanel
ablative jaanilt jaanidelt / jaanelt
translative jaaniks jaanideks / jaaneks
terminative jaanini jaanideni
essive jaanina jaanidena
abessive jaanita jaanideta
comitative jaaniga jaanidega
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Ingrian: Jaani

Noun

jaan (genitive jaani, partitive jaani)

  1. Abbreviation of jaanuar: Jan.
Inflection
Declension of jaan (type riik)
singular plural
nominative jaan jaanid
genitive jaani jaanide
partitive jaani jaane / jaanisid
illative jaani / jaanisse jaanidesse / jaanesse
inessive jaanis jaanides / jaanes
elative jaanist jaanidest / jaanest
allative jaanile jaanidele / jaanele
adessive jaanil jaanidel / jaanel
ablative jaanilt jaanidelt / jaanelt
translative jaaniks jaanideks / jaaneks
terminative jaanini jaanideni
essive jaanina jaanidena
abessive jaanita jaanideta
comitative jaaniga jaanidega

Further reading

Finnish

Verb

jaan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of jakaa

Anagrams

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian ān, ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Numeral

jaan

  1. (Heligoland) one

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian jeva, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaːn/

Verb

jaan

  1. (transitive) To give.
  2. (reflexive) To go, to leave.

Inflection
Irregular
infinitive jaan
3rd singular past joech
past participle jûn
infinitive jaan
long infinitive jaan
gerund jaan n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular jou joech
2nd singular joust joechst
3rd singular jout joech
plural jouwe joegen
imperative jou
participles jaand, jaande jûn

Further reading
  • “jaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Wolof

Noun

jaan

  1. snake
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