יוחנן

Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוחנן

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joħanɑn/

Proper noun

יוחנן • (transliteration needed)

1. (biblical) John
2. a male given name

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ
• → Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)

Hebrew

Etymology

From יְהוֹ־ (yeho-) +‎ חנן (khanán), literally “God is gracious”.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /joː.ħaːˈnaːn/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jo.ħɔˈnɔn/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jojˈχɔ.nɔn/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jo.ħaˈnan/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jø.ħɔˈnɔn/, [je.ħɔˈnɔn]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): (properly) /jo.χaˈnan/, (commonly) /ˈjo.χa.nan/

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Proper noun

יוֹחָנָן • (yokhanán) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
   • Tanach, Jeremiah 41:11, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיִּשְׁמַע יוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְכָל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֵת כָּל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן־נְתַנְיָה׃

     vayishmá yokhanán ben-karéakh v'khol-saré hakhayalím ashér itó et kol-hara'á ashér asá yishma'él ben-n'tanyá.

     But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, […]

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)
  • Coptic: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ (iōannēs)
  • Greek: Ιωάννης (Ioánnis), Ιάννης (Iánnis), Γιάννης (Giánnis), Ζαννής (Zannís)
  • → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 (iōhannēs)
  • → Latin: Iōannēs (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Armenian: Յովհաննէս (Yovhannēs), Յոհան (Yohan)
    • Armenian: Հովհաննես (Hovhannes), Օհանես (Ōhanes), Օհան (Ōhan)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), Їѡанъ (Ioanŭ)
    • → Bulgarian: Иван (Ivan)
    • → Czech: Ivan
    • → Polish: Iwan
    • → Romanian: Ioan, Ion
    • → Russian: Иоанн (Ioann)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Иван / Ivan
    • → Slovak: Ivan
    • → Slovene: Ivan
    • → Old East Slavic: Иванъ (Ivanŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: Ива́нъ (Iván)
        • Belarusian: Іва́н (Iván)
        • Ukrainian: Іва́н (Iván)
      • Russian: Ива́н (Iván)
    • → Old Novgorodian: Иване (Ivane)
• → Aramaic: יוחנן (yoḥanan)
  • Classical Syriac: ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ
  • → Arabic: يُوحَنَّا (yūḥannā)