јан

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یان (yan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jan]

Noun

јан • (jan) m

1. (archaic) side

   Synonym: страна (strana)

Southern Altai

Etymology

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)

1. side

Derived terms

• јанында (ǰanïnda)

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јан”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN