ܝܘܚܢܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), from יהוה (YHWH) + חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”. Doublet of ܝܘܼܐܵܢܝܼܣ (yūˀānīs) and ܝܘܿܚܲܢܝܼܣ (yōḥanīs).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [joːxannaːn], [joːħannaːn]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [joːħannan], [joːħanna]

Proper noun

ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ • (yōḥannān) m

1. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English John
2. a surname transferred from the given name
3. (biblical) any New Testament figures named John

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕܵܢܵܐ ― yōḥannān maˁmdānā ― John the Baptist

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܫܚܕܵܢܵܐ ― yōḥannān mašḥdānā ― John the Evangelist

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܒܲܪ ܙܲܒ݂ܕܲܝ ― yōḥannān bar zaḇday ― John, son of Zebedee (John the Apostle)

   ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܦܵܛܲܐܡܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ ― yōḥannān pāṭaˀmūnāyā ― John of Patmos

4. (biblical) The Gospel of John: a book of the New Testament of the Bible
5. (biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

Derived terms

• ܚܲܢܵܐ (ḥannā) (diminutive, nickname)
• ܚܲܢܘܿ (ḥanō) (diminutive, nickname)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic יוחנן, from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joħannɑn/

Proper noun

ܝܘܚܢܢ • (yōḥannān) m

1. John (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: يوحنا
• → Aghwan: 𐔺𐕒𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 (yohanan)
• → Malayalam: യോഹന്നാൻ (yōhannāṉ), ഉലഹന്നാൻ (ulahannāṉ), ലോനാൻ (lōnāṉ), നിനാൻ (nināṉ), യോഹാൻ (yōhāṉ)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 409a