Ján

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see John for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaːn/, [ˈjaːn]
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Ján m pers (diminutive Janko or Janík or Janíčko)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
2. (biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).

Declension

Declension of Ján
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ján	Jánovia
genitive	Jána	Jánov
dative	Jánovi	Jánom
accusative	Jána	Jánov
locative	Jánovi	Jánoch
instrumental	Jánom	Jánmi

Derived terms

Hypocoristics

• Jano

Place names

• Liptovský Ján
• Moravský Svätý Ján

Proper noun

Ján m pers

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Ján
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Ján	Jánovia	Jánovci
genitive	Jána	Jánov	Jánovcov
dative	Jánovi	Jánom	Jánovcom
accusative	Jána	Jánov	Jánovcov
locative	Jánovi	Jánoch	Jánovcoch
instrumental	Jánom	Jánmi	Jánovcami

Further reading

• “Ján”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026