യോഹന്നാൻ

Malayalam

Alternative forms
  • ഉലഹന്നാൻ (ulahannāṉ), ലോനാൻ (lōnāṉ), നിനാൻ (nināṉ), യോഹാൻ (yōhāṉ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܝܽܘܚܢܳܢ (yoḥanan), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן, from יהוה (YHWH) + חנון (Khanon); literally (roughly), “God is gracious”. Doublet of ഷോൺ (ṣōṇ), ജുവാൻ (juvāṉ), ഹുവാൻ (huvāṉ), ഇവാൻ (ivāṉ), ഐവൻ (aivaṉ), ജീൻ (jīṉ), ജിയോവാനി (jiyōvāni), and ജോൺ (jōṇ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /joː.hɐn.naːn/

Proper noun

യോഹന്നാൻ • (yōhannāṉ)

  1. (Christianity) Saint John the Apostle
  2. a male given name, Yohannan, from Classical Syriac, equivalent to English John
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