Ivana
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English
Etymology
From various Slavic languages, such as Russian Ивана (Ivana).
Doublet of Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.
Proper noun
Ivana
- A female given name.
Related terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ivana f
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan
Declension
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Иван (Ivan).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈiʋɑnɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈiʋɑːnɑ/,
- Rhymes: -iʋɑn, -iʋɑːnɑ
- Hyphenation: I‧va‧na
Proper noun
Ivana
- a male given name, equivalent to English John
Declension
| Declension of Ivana (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Ivana | Ivanat |
| genitive | Ivanan | Ivanoin |
| partitive | Ivanaa | Ivanoja |
| illative | Ivanaa | Ivanoihe |
| inessive | Ivanaas | Ivanois |
| elative | Ivanast | Ivanoist |
| allative | Ivanalle | Ivanoille |
| adessive | Ivanaal | Ivanoil |
| ablative | Ivanalt | Ivanoilt |
| translative | Ivanaks | Ivanoiks |
| essive | Ivananna, Ivanaan | Ivanoinna, Ivanoin |
| exessive1) | Ivanant | Ivanoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 98
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ìvana f (Cyrillic spelling Ѝвана)
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan
References
- “Ivana” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ivana f (genitive singular Ivany, nominative plural Ivany, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Ivan
Declension
Declension of Ivana
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Ivana”, 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