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ջան

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian ջան (ǰan), from Persian جان (jân).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ջան (ǰan)

  1. (colloquial) body
  2. (colloquial) life, existence
  3. (colloquial) spirit, soul
  4. (colloquial) vigour, physical might
  5. (colloquial, endearing) an affectionate term of address, put after the word that identifies the addressee, dear, darling
    Արմեն ջա՛նArmen ǰándear Armen!
    մամա ջա՛նmama ǰándear mother!
    բալա ջա՛նbala ǰándear kiddy!

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ջան (ǰan) ջաներ (ǰaner)
dative ջանի (ǰani) ջաների (ǰaneri)
ablative ջանից (ǰanicʻ) ջաներից (ǰanericʻ)
instrumental ջանով (ǰanov) ջաներով (ǰanerov)
locative ջանում (ǰanum) ջաներում (ǰanerum)
definite forms
nominative ջանը/ջանն (ǰanə/ǰann) ջաները/ջաներն (ǰanerə/ǰanern)
dative ջանին (ǰanin) ջաներին (ǰanerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ջանս (ǰans) ջաներս (ǰaners)
dative ջանիս (ǰanis) ջաներիս (ǰaneris)
ablative ջանիցս (ǰanicʻs) ջաներիցս (ǰanericʻs)
instrumental ջանովս (ǰanovs) ջաներովս (ǰanerovs)
locative ջանումս (ǰanums) ջաներումս (ǰanerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ջանդ (ǰand) ջաներդ (ǰanerd)
dative ջանիդ (ǰanid) ջաներիդ (ǰanerid)
ablative ջանիցդ (ǰanicʻd) ջաներիցդ (ǰanericʻd)
instrumental ջանովդ (ǰanovd) ջաներովդ (ǰanerovd)
locative ջանումդ (ǰanumd) ջաներումդ (ǰanerumd)

Descendants

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  • Russian: джан (džan)

Interjection

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ջան (ǰan)

  1. exclamation of joy, pleasure
    ջա՜ն ջա՜նǰa!n ǰa!nexclamation of joy, pleasure

Derived terms

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References

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  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “ջան”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-ni-, from *yeh₂-. A formation like բան (ban). Among the cognates, compare Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, zeal) for the meaning.[1][2][3][4]

Noun

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ջան (ǰan)

  1. zeal, effort, labour
    զուր ջանzur ǰanlabour lost, labour in vain
    ջան դնել, տանել, յանձին ունելǰan dnel, tanel, yanjin unelto make effort

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ջանք (ǰankʻ) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1920) “Les noms du ‘feu’ et de l’‘eau’ et la question du genre”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 21, page 251
  2. ^ Meillet, Antoine (1936) Esquisse d’une grammaire comparée de l’arménien classique (in French), 2nd edition, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 52
  3. ^ Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 90
  4. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 90

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ջան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 121–122
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ջան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ǰan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 556
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy