йән
Bashkir
[jæn]
noun
Definitions
- soul
- person, people
- in possessive forms sweetheart, beloved
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian جان (soul, vital spirit, life).
Origin
Persian
جان
Gloss
soul, vital spirit, life
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
生
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- जान Hindi
- جان Persian
- Nurcan Turkish
- babacan Turkish
- can Turkish
- canlı Turkish
- cansız Turkish
- Бауыржан Kazakh
- Бақытжан Kazakh
- Гүлжан Kazakh
- Жаннұр Kazakh
- Жанқуат Kazakh
- Мұхамеджан Kazakh
- Мәсімжан Kazakh
- Нүсіпжан Kazakh
- Нұржан Kazakh
- жан Kazakh
- жанкүйер Kazakh
- жантану Kazakh
- жанқияр Kazakh
- can Azerbaijani
- جان Ottoman Turkish
- *эр Proto-Turkic
- ჯანი Georgian
- জান Assamese
- йәнһүрәт Bashkir
- һүрәт Bashkir
- جان Uighur, Uyghur
- HYA, yʾn' Middle Persian
- *wi- Proto-Iranian
- ջան Middle Armenian
- جان Sindhi