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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یان (yan).
Pronunciation
Noun
јан • (jan) m
- (archaic) side
- Synonym: страна (strana)
Southern Altai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *yān. Cognate with Kazakh жан (jan, “side”), Kyrgyz жан (jan, “side”), Crimean Tatar yan, Karaim jan, Karachay-Balkar джан (can), Kumyk ян (yan), Tatar ян (yan), Azerbaijani yan, Turkish yan, Uzbek yon, Shor нан, Western Yugur yan, etc.
Noun
јан • (ǰan)
- side
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Persian جان (jân, “soul, vital spirit”).
Noun
јан • (ǰan)
- soul
References
- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јан”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 123