Ján

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān); see John for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaːn]

Proper noun

Ján m anim (genitive singular Jána, nominative plural Jánovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
2. a surname
3. (religion) John

Declension

Declension of Ján

	singular	plural
nominative	Ján	Jánovia
genitive	Jána	Jánov
dative	Jánovi	Jánom
accusative	Jána	Jánov
locative	Jánovi	Jánoch
instrumental	Jánom	Jánami

Derived terms

• Janko, Janík, Janíčko
• Liptovský Ján
• Moravský Svätý Ján

Further reading

• “Ján”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024