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/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒænjʉˌeːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænɹi/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/

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• (US) Hyphenation: Jan‧u‧ary
• (UK) Hyphenation: Janu‧ary

Proper noun

January (plural Januaries or Januarys)

1. 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.

2. (rare) A female given name from English.
   • 2011, Michael Schofield, January First

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

Derived terms

terms derived from January

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

Related terms

• Janus

Descendants

Descendants of January in other languages

• 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)
• → Fiji Hindi: january
• → Fijian: Janueri
• → 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)
• → Marathi: जानेवारी (jānevārī)
• → Maori: Hānuere
• → Marshallese: Jānwōde
• → Oriya: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (januari)
• → Pashto: جنوري‎
• → 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 (śəle maaz)
• 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 m (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī)

  Egyptian Arabic: يناير‎ (yanāyir)

  Moroccan Arabic: يناير‎ (yanāyir)

• Aragonese: chinero (an) m
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic : ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (kanon ḳaraya)
• Armenian: հունվար (hy) (hunvar)

  Old Armenian: յունուար (yunuar)

• Aromanian: yinar, gulugeu
• Asturian: xineru (ast) m
• Atikamekw: Kenositc pisimw
• Aymara: chichu phaxsi (ay)
• Azerbaijani: yanvar (az)
• Banjarese: Januari
• Bashkir: ғинуар (ğinuar)
• Basque: urtarril (eu)
• Bikol Central: Enero (bcl)
• Belarusian: сту́дзень (be) m (stúdzjenʹ)
• Bengali: জানুয়ারি (bn) (januẏari)
• 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)

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

  Min Nan: 一月 (it-go̍eh, it-ge̍h, it-gōe)

• Chukchi: ынпылювлен (ynpyljuvlen), чьачаӈԓьоргын (čʹačaṇḷʹorgyn)
• Chuvash: кӑрлач (kărlač)
• Coptic: ⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (ianouarios)
• Cornish: Genver, 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)
• Interlingua: januario (ia)
• Inuktitut: ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ (iu) (yannoali)
• Inupiaq: Aullaqtuġvik
• Irish: Eanáir (ga) f, Mí Eanáir
• Italian: gennaio (it) m
• Japanese: 一月 (ja) (いちがつ, ichigatsu), (archaic) 睦月 (ja) (むつき, mutsuki)
• Javanese: januar, januari
• Kabuverdianu: janeru
• Kabyle: yennayer
• 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), 정월(正月) (ko) (jeong'wol)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کانوونی دوھەم‎ (kanûnî duhem)

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

• Kyrgyz: январь (ky) (yanvarʹ)
• Ladin: jené
• Ladino: jenero
• Lakota: Wiótheȟika wí
• Lao: ມັງກອນ (lo) (mang kǭn)
• Latin: iānuārius (la) m
• Latvian: janvāris 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
• Moksha: январьгов (janvarʹgov)
• Mongolian: нэгдүгээр сар (negdügeer sar)
• Montagnais: tshishe-pishimᵘ
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵉⵏⵏⴰⵢⵔ (innayr)
• Mòcheno: genner m
• Nahuatl: tlacēnti (nah)
• Navajo: Yas Niłtʼees
• Neapolitan: jennaro, iennaro, gennàio
• 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
• Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo-giizis
• Old English: æfterra ġēola m, Ianuarius m
• Old Prussian: Janwārs, Rags
• Oriya: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (or) (januari)
• Oromo: Amajjii (om)
• Pashto: جنوري‎ (ps) f (ǰanwarí)
• Pennsylvania German: Yanuaar, Yenar, Yenner
• Persian: ژانویه‎ (fa) (žânviye), یانور‎ (yânur)
• Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ m (janvarī)
• Piedmontese: gené
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: jaenyuweri
• Plautdietsch: Jaunewoa m
• Polish: styczeń (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: janeiro (pt) m
• 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: siječanj (sh) m, сијечањ m

  Cyrillic: јануар m, сечањ m

  Roman: januar (sh) m, sečanj m

• Shona: Kurume
• Sicilian: jinnaru (scn) m
• Silesian: styčyń
• 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
• Tagalog: enero
• Tahitian: tēnuare
• Tajik: январ (tg) (yanvar)
• Tamil: ஜனவரி (ta) (jaṉavari)
• Taos: sə̀onp’óna
• 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
• Udmurt: толшор (tolšor)
• Ukrainian: сі́чень (uk) m (síčenʹ)
• Upper Sorbian: januar m, wulki róžk (archaic)
• Urdu: جنوری‎ (ur) f (janvarī)
• Uyghur: يانۋار‎ (yanwar), بىرىنچى ئاي‎ (birinchi ay)
• Uzbek: yanvar (uz)
• Venetian: xenaro (vec), 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)
• Yoruba: january
• 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 months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December ^{(Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)}

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English January.

Proper noun

January

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