From Ottoman Turkish جانيم (canım), cognate with Macedonian џанам (džanam).
джа́нъм • (džánǎm)
- dear, darling
- “джанъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “джанъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010