January

English

Etymology

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") +‎ -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ or as US
• (US) enPR: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌɛɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌæɹi/

• Audio (US):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjʉˌeːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænɹi/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒanjʉuˌəɹi/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌwəɹi/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæn(u)waɾi/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/
• (US) Hyphenation: Jan‧u‧ary
• (UK) Hyphenation: Janu‧ary

Proper noun

January (plural Januaries or Januarys)

2. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.

   01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.

   American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

   I hate Januarys: it's always too cold.

   • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The Louisville Metro Police Department terminated Detective Myles Cosgrove in January for use of deadly force for firing 16 rounds into Taylor’s home and failing to activate his body camera, according to a copy of his termination letter.

3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
   • 2011, Michael Schofield, January First:

     “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”

Derived terms

• Black January
• Januarily
• January Club
• January disease
• January effect
• January Events
• January indicator
• January King
• January Massacre
• January Rebellion
• January sales
• January term
• January thaw
• January Uprising
• May and January
• mid-January

Related terms

• Janus

Descendants

Descendants

• Bislama: januware
• Jamaican Creole: janiweri
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: jaenyuweri
• Tok Pisin: janueri
• → Bengali: জানুয়ারি (januẏari)
• → Burmese: ဇန်နဝါရီ (janna.wari)
• → Chichewa: Januwale
• → Dari: جنوری (janoari)
  • → Urdu: جنوری (janvarī)
• → Dhivehi: ޖެނުއަރީ (jenuarī)
• → Fijian: Janueri
• → Fiji Hindi: january
• → Gilbertese: Tianuari
• → Gujarati: જાન્યુઆરી (jānyuārī)
• → Hausa: Janairu
• → Hawaiian: Ianuali
• → Hindi: जनवरी (janavrī)
• → Igbo: january
• → Inuktitut: ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ (yannoali)
• → Javanese: januar, januari
• → Kannada: ಜನವರಿ (janavari)
• → Kongo: yanwadi
• → Lingala: yanwáli
• → Malagasy: janoary
• → Malay: Januari
  • Indonesian: Januari
  • → Banjarese: Januari
  • → Banyumasan: Januari
  • → Buginese: januari
  • → Gorontalo: Januari
  • → Minangkabau: Januari
  • → Sundanese: Januari
• → Malayalam: ജനുവരി (januvari)
• → Maori: Hānuere
• → Marathi: जानेवारी (jānevārī)
• → Marshallese: Jānwōde
• → Odia: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (jānuāri)
• → Pashto: جنوري
• → Pohnpeian: Senweri
• → Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ (janvarī)
• → Samoan: ianuari
• → Sinhalese: ජනවාරි (janawāri)
• → Swahili: Januari
• → Tagalog: January
• → Tahitian: tēnuare
• → Tamil: ஜனவரி (jaṉavari)
• → Telugu: జనవరి (janavari)
• → Tokelauan: Ianuali
• → Tongan: Sānuali
• → Tumbuka: Janyuwale
• → Yoruba: Jánúárì

Translations

first month of the Gregorian calendar

• Abaza: гъынчыльа (ɣənćəlᶻa)
• Abkhaz: ажьырныҳәа (ažərnəḥʷa)
• Adyghe: щылэ маз (śəlɛ maz)
• Afrikaans: Januarie (af)
• Ainu: ルチュㇷ゚ (ruchup)
• Akan: Ɔpɛpɔn
• Alabama: lokbahaháhpa
• Albanian: Janari (sq), janar, kallnor (sq), djegqerrës (sq)
• Alutiiq: Cuqllirpaaq Iraluq
• Amharic: ጃንዩዌሪ (ǧanyuweri)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: Dził Bilátahgai, Shashké', Binii' Idichíhé

• Arabic: يَنَايِر (ar) m (yanāyir), كَانُون اَلثَّانِي (ar) m (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī)

  Egyptian Arabic: يناير (yanāyir)

  Moroccan Arabic: يناير (yanāyir)

• Aragonese: chinero (an) m
• Armenian: հունվար (hy) (hunvar)

  Old Armenian: յունուար (yunuar)

• Aromanian: yinar, gulugeu
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ m (kānōn trayyānā), ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ m (kānōn ḥārāyā), ܝܲܢܘܵܪܝܘܿܣ (yanwāryōs)
• Asturian: xineru (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Kenositc pisimw
• Aymara: chichu phaxsi
• Azerbaijani: yanvar (az)
• Banjarese: Januari
• Bashkir: ғинуар (ğinwar)
• Basque: urtarril (eu)
• Belarusian: сту́дзень (be) m (stúdzjenʹ)
• Bengali: জানুয়ারি (bn) (januẏari)
• Bikol Central: Enero (bcl)
• Bislama: januware
• Breton: Genver (br), miz genver
• Buginese: januari
• Bulgarian: януа́ри (bg) m (januári)
• Burmese: ဇန်နဝါရီ (my) (janna.wari), တစ်လ (tacla.)
• Buryat: нэгэдэхи һара (negedexi hara), нэгэдүгээр һара (negedügeer hara)
• Catalan: gener (ca) m
• Cebuano: enero
• Central Dusun: Milatok
• Chavacano: enero
• Chechen: Дечкен-бутт (Dečken-butt)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏃᎸᏔᏂ (unolvtani)
• Chichewa: Januwale
• Chickasaw: Hashi' Ammo'na'
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 一月 (jat¹ jyut⁶)

  Dungan: җынйүә (žɨnyüə)

  Hakka: 一月 (yit-ngie̍t)

  Hokkien: 一月 (it-go̍eh, it-ge̍h, it-gōe)

  Mandarin: 一月 (zh) (yīyuè), 元月 (zh) (yuányuè)

• Chukchi: ынпылювлен (ynpyljuvlen), чьачаӈԓьоргын (čʹačaṇḷʹorgyn)
• Chuvash: кӑрлач (kărlač)
• Coptic: ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (ianouarios)
• Cornish: Genver m, Mys Genver, mis Genver
• Corsican: ghjennaghju (co) m
• Crimean Tatar: yanvar
• Czech: leden (cs) m
• Dakota: Witeȟi
• Danish: januar (da) c
• Dhivehi: ޖެނުއަރީ (jenuarī)
• Dutch: januari (nl) m
• Dzongkha: སྤྱི་ཟླ་དང་པ། (spyi zla dang pa)
• Erzya: якшамков (jakšamkov)
• Esperanto: januaro (eo), Januaro (eo)
• Estonian: jaanuar (et)
• Etruscan: 𐌀𐌍𐌉𐌀𐌗 (aniax)
• Ewe: Dzove, Yanuar
• Extremaduran: eneru
• Faroese: januar m
• Fiji Hindi: january
• Fijian: Janueri
• Finnish: tammikuu (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: janviér
• French: janvier (fr) m
• Friulian: Zenâr m, Genâr
• Gagauz: Büük ay
• Galician: xaneiro (gl) m
• Georgian: იანვარი (ka) (ianvari)
• German: Januar (de) m, Jänner (de) m (southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Hartung (de) m (poetic)

  Alemannic German: januar

  Central Franconian: Januar

• Gilbertese: Tianuari
• Greek: Ιανουάριος (el) m (Ianouários)

  Ancient: Ἰανουάριος (Ianouários)

• Greenlandic: januaari, qaammaliaq
• Guaraní: jasyteĩ
• Gujarati: જાન્યુઆરી (gu) (jānyuārī)
• Haitian Creole: janvye
• Hausa: Janairu (ha)
• Hawaiian: Ianuali
• Hebrew: יָנוּאָר (he) m (yánuar)
• Hiligaynon: ulalong
• Hindi: जनवरी (hi) f (janvarī)
• Hungarian: január (hu)
• Hunsrik: Januar m
• Icelandic: janúar (is) m, janúarmánuður m
• Ido: januaro (io)
• Igbo: january
• Ilocano: enero
• Indonesian: Januari (id)
• Ingrian: janvari, syänkuu (obsolete)
• Interlingua: januario (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ (iu) (yannoali)
• Inupiaq: Aullaqtuġvik
• Irish: Eanáir (ga) f, Mí Eanáir
• Italian: gennaio (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Janiweri
• Japanese: 一月 (ja) (いちがつ, ichigatsu), (archaic) 睦月 (ja) (むつき, mutsuki)
• Javanese: januar, januari
• Kabuverdianu: janeru
• Kabyle: yennayer
• Kalmyk: туула сар (tuula sar)
• Kambera: wulang hau
• Kannada: ಜನವರಿ (janavari)
• Kapampangan: Kaumpisang búlan, Enéru,
• Kashubian: stëcznik (csb)
• Kazakh: қаңтар (kk) (qañtar)
• Khmer: មករា (km) (mĕəʼkaʼraa)
• Kikuyu: Mũgaa
• Komi-Zyrian: январ (janvar), тӧв шӧр (töv šör)
• Kongo: yanwadi
• Korean: 일월(一月) (ko) (irwol), 1월 (ko) (1wol), 정월(正月) (ko) (jeong'wol)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کانوونی دوھەم (kanûnî duhem)

  Northern Kurdish: rêbendan (ku), kanûna duyem (ku)

• Kyrgyz: январь (ky) (yanvar)
• Ladin: jené
• Ladino: jenero
• Lakota: Wiótheȟika wí
• Lao: ມັງກອນ (lo) (mang kǭn)
• Latin: Iānuārius (la) m
• Latvian: janvāris (lv) m
• Lezgi: гьер (her)
• Ligurian: zenâ m
• Limburgish: Jannewarie
• Lingala: sánzá ya yambo (ln), yanwáli (ln)
• Lithuanian: sausis (lt) m
• Livonian: janvār, ūdāigast kū
• Lombard: zenèr
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: jannewaori

  German Low German: Januar m

  Middle Low German: Januarius, Jenner

• Lower Sorbian: januar m, wezymski m
• Luxembourgish: Januar (lb) m, Haartmount (lb) m, Jannewarie
• Macedonian: јануа́ри (mk) m (januári)
• Malagasy: janoary (mg)
• Malay: Januari (ms)
• Malayalam: ജനുവരി (ml) (januvari)
• Maltese: Jannar (mt) m
• Manchu: ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ
  ᠪᡳᠶᠠ (aniya biya)
• Manx: Jerrey Geuree
• Maori: Kohi-tātea, Hānuere
• Marathi: जानेवारी (jānevārī), जानेवारी महिना (jānevārī mahinā)
• Mingrelian: ღურთუთა (ɣurtuta)
• Mirandese: Janeiro m
• Mòcheno: genner m
• Moksha: январьгов (janvaŕgov)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нэгдүгээр сар (negdügeer sar)

• Montagnais: tshishe-pishimᵘ
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵉⵏⵏⴰⵢⵔ (innayr)
• Nahuatl: tlacēnti (nah)
• Navajo: Yas Niłtʼees
• Neapolitan: jennaro, iennaro, gennàio
• Negerhollands: Januarie
• Norman: janvyi, Janvyi m (Jersey)
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: janewoore m

  Mooring: ismoune m, januar m

• Northern Sotho: Pherekgong
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: januar (no) m

  Nynorsk: januar (nn) m

• Occitan: genièr (oc) m
• Odia: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (or) (jānuāri)
• Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo-giizis
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: просиньць m (prosinĭcĭ), еноуар҄ь m (enuarʹĭ), еньвар҄ь m (enĭvarʹĭ), г҄еноуар҄ь m (gʹjenuarʹĭ), г҄еньвар҄ь m (gʹjenĭvarʹĭ)

• Old Dutch: wintermānoth
• Old English: æfterra ġēola m, Ianuarius m
• Old Prussian: Janwārs, Rags
• Oromo: Amajjii (om)
• Pannonian Rusyn: януар m (januar)
• Pashto: جنوري (ps) f (ǰanwarí)
• Pennsylvania German: Yanuaar, Yenar, Yenner
• Persian:

  Dari: جَنْوَرِی (janwarī)

  Iranian Persian: ژانْوِیِه (žânviye)

• Piedmontese: gené
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: jaenyuweri
• Plautdietsch: Jaunewoa m
• Polish: styczeń (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: janeiro (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ m (janvarī)
• Quechua: qhulla puquy killa
• Romanian: ianuarie (ro) m, (pop) gerar (ro), (pop) cărindar (ro)
• Romansch: schaner m, schner m
• Russian: янва́рь (ru) m (janvárʹ)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: uđđâivemáánu

  Lule Sami: ådåjakmánno, ådåjakmákmanno

  Northern Sami: ođđajagimánnu

  Skolt Sami: ođđeeʹjjmään

  Southern Sami: tsïengele

• Samoan: ianuari
• Samogitian: sausis
• Sardinian: gennaxu, ghennàrgiu

  Campidanese: gennàrgiu

  Logudorese: gennàrzu, bennàrzu

• Saterland Frisian: Januoar
• Scots: Januar
• Scottish Gaelic: am Faoilleach
• Sekani: Tlįį duchę̀’ ’ehdasde
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јануар m, сечањ m, сијечањ m

  Roman: januar (sh) m, sečanj m, siječanj (sh) m

• Shona: Kurume
• Sicilian: jinnaru (scn) m
• Silesian: styczyń m
• Sinhalese: ජනවාරි (si) (janawāri)
• Slovak: január (sk) m
• Slovene: jánuar (sl) m
• Somali: janaayo (so)
• Sotho: Pherekgong (st)
• Spanish: enero (es) m
• Sundanese: Januari
• Svan: ქვა̈ხ (kväx)
• Swahili: Januari
• Swazi: Bhimbídvwane
• Swedish: januari (sv) c, torsmånad (sv) c (obsolete)
• Tagalog: enero
• Tahitian: tēnuare
• Tajik: январ (tg) (yanvar)
• Tamil: ஜனவரி (ta) (jaṉavari)
• Taos: sə̀onpʼóna
• Tarantino: scennare
• Tashelhit: ⵉⵏⵏⴰⵢⵔ (innayr)
• Tatar: гыйнвар (tt) (ğıynwar)
• Telugu: జనవరి (te) (janavari)
• Tetum: janeiru
• Thai: มกราคม (th) (má-gà-raa-kom)
• Tibetan: ཟླ་དང་པོ (zla dang po)
• Tok Pisin: janueri
• Tongan: Sānuali
• Turkish: ocak (tr), kânunusani (tr) (archaic), büyük ay
• Turkmen: ýanwar
• Tày: bươn chiêng, bươn ết
• Udmurt: толшор (tolšor)
• Ukrainian: сі́чень (uk) m (síčenʹ)
• Upper Sorbian: januar m, wulki róžk (archaic)
• Urdu: جَنْوَری (ur) f (janvarī)
• Uyghur: يانۋار (yanwar), بىرىنچى ئاي (birinchi ay)
• Uzbek: yanvar (uz)
• Vai: ꘀꕇꖿꔒ (Jɛ́níwɔle)
• Venetan: zenaro, genaro m
• Veps: viluku
• Vietnamese: tháng giêng (vi), tháng một (vi)
• Volapük: yanul (vo)
• Võro: vahtsõaastakuu, kaarnakuu
• Walloon: djanvî (wa)
• Waray-Waray: enero
• Welsh: Ionawr (cy) f
• West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} januoari
• West Frisian: jannewaris (fy) c, foarmoanne (fy)
• Winnebago: Hųųc wiconįra wiira
• Wolof: Semwiyee
• Xhosa: eyoMqungu, uJanuwari class 1a/2a
• Yakut: Тохсунньу (Toqsunnyu)
• Yiddish: יאַנואַר (yi) m (yanuar)
• Yup'ik: Kanruyauciq
• Zazaki: zemperiye, çele (diq)
• Zulu: uMasingana (zu) class 1a/2a, uJanuwari (zu) class 1a/2a
• Zuni: Dayamcho Yachunne

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English January.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒanjuˈaɾi/ [d͡ʒɐˈɲwaː.ɾɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /djanjuˈaɾi/ [d̪jɐn̪.jʊˈaː.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -aɾi
• Syllabification: Jan‧ua‧ry

Proper noun

January (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜇᜒ)

1. a female given name from English
2. a male given name from English