Ян

See also: ян

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jan]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs).

Proper noun

Ян • (Jan) m pers (genitive Я́на, nominative plural Я́ны, genitive plural Я́наў)

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

   Synonym: (more common) Іва́н (Iván)

Declension

Declension of Ян (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ян Jan	Я́ны Jány
genitive	Я́на Jána	Я́наў Jánaŭ
dative	Я́ну Jánu	Я́нам Jánam
accusative	Я́на Jána	Я́наў Jánaŭ
instrumental	Я́нам Jánam	Я́намі Jánami
locative	Я́не Jánje	Я́нах Jánax
count form	—	Я́ны1 Jány1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• Янавіч (Janavič)
• Янаўна (Janaŭna)
• Я́нка (Jánka)
• Я́нук (Jánuk)

 

Etymology 2

From Chinese, 楊／杨 (Yáng).

Proper noun

Ян • (Jan) m pers (genitive Я́на, nominative plural Я́ны, genitive plural Я́наў)

1. a surname from Mandarin, Yang

Declension

Declension of Ян (pr hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ян Jan	Я́ны Jány
genitive	Я́на Jána	Я́наў Jánaŭ
dative	Я́ну Jánu	Я́нам Jánam
accusative	Я́на Jána	Я́наў Jánaŭ
instrumental	Я́нам Jánam	Я́намі Jánami
locative	Я́не Jánje	Я́нах Jánax
count form	—	Я́ны1 Jány1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jan]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs).

Proper noun

Ян • (Jan) m anim (genitive Я́на, nominative plural Я́ны, genitive plural Я́нов)

1. a male given name, Yan, equivalent to English John: (perceived as a West Slavic name)

   Synonyms: (archaic) Иоа́нн (Ioánn), (more common) Ива́н (Iván)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Я́н Ján	Я́ны Jány
genitive	Я́на Jána	Я́нов Jánov
dative	Я́ну Jánu	Я́нам Jánam
accusative	Я́на Jána	Я́нов Jánov
instrumental	Я́ном Jánom	Я́нами Jánami
prepositional	Я́не Jáne	Я́нах Jánax

Etymology 2

From Chinese, 楊／杨 (Yáng).

Proper noun

Ян • (Jan) m anim or f anim (indeclinable)

1. A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 楊／杨 (Yáng)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	Я́н Ján	Я́ны Jány
genitive	Я́на Jána	Я́нов Jánov
dative	Я́ну Jánu	Я́нам Jánam
accusative	Я́на Jána	Я́нов Jánov
instrumental	Я́ном Jánom	Я́нами Jánami
prepositional	Я́не Jáne	Я́нах Jánax