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 pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English John
2. a male surname transferred from the given name
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