Jan (Persian name)

Jan or Jaan (Persian: جان, romanizedjān, pronounced [dʒɑːn])[a] or jaan is name of Persian and pashto origin meaning for 'soul' or 'life', also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and expressing intimacy, with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear".

Given name

Middle name

Surname

Variants

In Turkic languages, Jan is usually spelled Can (/dʒan ~ ʑan/) and is also used as a component in two-part names (Turkish: Alimcan, Tatar: Ğəlimcan / Галимҗан[1], etc.). When transliterated from Russian script, it is Dzhan (Джан), or alternatively, Zyan (Зян).[2][3][4]

In Uzbek, Jan is Jon (Olimjon).[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Colloquial Iranian Persian: جون, romanizedjūn, pronounced [dʒuːn].

References

  1. ^ "Ибраһимов Галимҗан Гыйрфан улы".
  2. ^ "İBRAHİMOV, Alimcan".
  3. ^ "Идриси Алимджан (Галимджан) Ибрагимович".
  4. ^ "Хусаинов Галимзян Салихович".
  5. ^ "Hamid Olimjon Hayoti va Ijodi".