ջանեջան

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ջանէջան (ǰanēǰan) — traditional orthography
• ջանե-ջան (ǰane-ǰan), ջանե ջան (ǰane ǰan)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Northern Kurdish canecan (“sincere, heartfelt”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑneˈd͡ʒɑn/, [d͡ʒɑned͡ʒɑ́n]

Interjection

ջանեջան • (ǰaneǰan) (dialectal)

1. a response word to the call հաբրբան (habrban) in folk songs or dances

References

• “ջանեջան”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980