جان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From جنى (janā), to gather, to harvest.

Adjective

جانٍ • (jānin), plural جناة‎

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

Noun

جانٍ‎ • (jānin), plural جناة‎

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

Etymology 2

From جن (jánna), to hide.

Noun

جان‎ • (jānn) m

1. jinn, demon, demons, fairy

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Azeri

Etymology

From Persian جان (jân, “soul, vital spirit, life”), whence also Turkish can and Armenian ջան (ǰan).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ҹан‍
Roman	can‍
Perso-Arabic	‍جان‍

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

1. soul, spirit
2. being, creature, life
3. body
4. force, vigour

Declension

declension of جان

	singular	plural
absolute	جان	جانلار
definite accusative	جانێ	جانلارێ
dative	جانا	جانلارا
locative	جاندا	جانلاردا
ablative	جاندان	جانلاردان
definite genitive	جانێن	جانلارێن

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

جان (can)

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

Suffix

جان (can)

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

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Persian

Alternative forms

• جون (jun)

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA: [d͡ʒɒn]
• (Tehrani accent) IPA: [d͡ʒun]

Noun

جان • (jân), plural جان‌ها (jân-hâ)

1. soul
2. being
3. life

Suffix

جان (jân)

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

Descendants

• Armenian: ջան (ǰan)
• Azeri: can
• Ottoman Turkish: جان
  • Turkish: can