Иван

See also: Іван

Bulgarian

Proper noun

Иван • (Ivan)

1. a male given name

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Russian

Alternative forms

• Іва́нъ (Iván) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Иваннъ (Ivannŭ), from Old East Slavic and Old Church Slavonic Иоаннъ (Ioannŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Jōħānān, “God is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈvan]

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• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Ива́н • (Iván) m anim (genitive Ива́на, nominative plural Ива́ны, genitive plural Ива́нов)

1. a male given name, Ivan, equivalent to English John.
2. India (I in the ICAO spelling alphabet)
3. (derogatory, rare) Clipping of Ива́н-дура́к (Iván-durák). Template:wiki

Declension

Declension of Ива́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Ива́н Iván	Ива́ны Ivány
genitive	Ива́на Ivána	Ива́нов Ivánov
dative	Ива́ну Ivánu	Ива́нам Ivánam
accusative	Ива́на Ivána	Ива́нов Ivánov
instrumental	Ива́ном Ivánom	Ива́нами Ivánami
prepositional	Ива́не Iváne	Ива́нах Ivánax

Derived terms

• Diminutives:
  • Ва́ня (Vánja)
• Endearing forms:
  • Ваню́ша (Vanjúša)
  • Ва́нечка (Vánečka)
  • Ваню́шечка (Vanjúšečka)
  • Ваню́шка (Vanjúška)
  • Ива́нушка (Ivánuška)
• Pejorative forms:
  • Ва́нька (Vánʹka)
  • Ива́шка (Iváška)
• Patronymics:
  • Ива́нович (Ivánovič), Ива́ныч (Iványč)
  • Ива́новна (Ivánovna), Ива́нна (Ivánna)
• Surnames:
  • Ивано́в (Ivanóv)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Իվան (Ivan)
• → English: Ivan
• → Estonian: Ivan
• → Latvian: Ivans

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (New Testament) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs) (not from Latin Iohannes), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānnān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐʋan/
• Hyphenation: И‧ван

Proper noun

Ѝван m (Latin spelling Ìvan)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John.

Declension

Declension of Иван

	singular
nominative	Иван
genitive	Ивана
dative	Ивану
accusative	Ивана
vocative	Иване
locative	Ивану
instrumental	Иваном

Synonyms

• Јо̀ван