џан

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جان (can), from Persian جان (jân).

Noun

џа̏н m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling džȁn)

  1. (poetic, regional) dear, darling
  • џан-теслим
  • џанум

Further reading

  • “џан”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025
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