џан

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جان (can), from Persian جان (jân).

Noun

џа̏н m (Latin spelling džȁn)

1. (poetic, regional) dear, darling

Related terms

• џан-теслим
• џанум

Further reading

• “џан”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2024