ܝܘܚܢܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), from יהוה (YHWH) + חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [joːxannaːn], [joːħannaːn]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [joːħannan], [joːħanna]

Proper noun

ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ • (yōḥannān) m

1. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English John
2. a surname transferred from the given name
3. (biblical) Any of the New Testament figures named John

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕܵܢܵܐ ― yōḥannān maˁmdānā ― John the Baptist

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܫܚܕܵܢܵܐ ― yōḥannān mašḥdānā ― John the Evangelist

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܒܲܪ ܙܲܒ݂ܕܲܝ ― yōḥannān bar zaḇday ― John, son of Zebedee (John the Apostle)

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܦܵܛܲܐܡܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ ― yōḥannān pāṭaˀmūnāyā ― John of Patmos

4. (biblical) The Gospel of John: a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
5. (biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

Derived terms

• ܚܲܢܵܐ (ḥannā) (diminutive, nickname)
• ܚܲܢܘܿ (ḥanō) (diminutive, nickname)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic יוחנן, from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joħannɑn/

Proper noun

ܝܘܚܢܢ • (yōḥannān) m

1. John (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: يوحنا
• → Aghwan: 𐔺𐕒𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 (yohanan)
• → Malayalam: യോഹന്നാൻ (yōhannāṉ), ഉലഹന്നാൻ (ulahannāṉ), ലോനാൻ (lōnāṉ), നിനാൻ (nināṉ), യോഹാൻ (yōhāṉ)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 409a