Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یان (yan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

јан (janm

  1. (archaic) side
    Synonym: страна (strana)

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yān. Cognate with Kazakh жан (jan, side), Kyrgyz жан (jan, side), Crimean Tatar yan, Karaim jan, Karachay-Balkar джан (can), Kumyk ян (yan), Tatar ян (yan), Azerbaijani yan, Turkish yan, Uzbek yon, Shor нан, Western Yugur yan, etc.

Noun edit

јан (ǰan)

  1. side

Derived terms edit

References edit

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јан”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN