Jan (Persian name)

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Jan or Jaan (Persian: جان, romanized: jān, pronounced [dʒɑːn])^[a] or jaan is name of Persian and pashto origin meaning for 'soul' or 'life', also used as a diminutive suffix attached to names and expressing intimacy, with a meaning roughly equivalent to "darling, dear".

• Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet
• Jan Fishan Khan, Afghan warlord
• Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar
• Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader
• Jan Mohammed Khan, Afghan politician
• Jan Uddin, British-Bangladeshi actor and model

• Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician
• Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi major general and minister
• Sarwar Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi former member of parliament
• Sarwar Jan Miah, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer

• Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee
• Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor
• Khwaja Yusuf Jan, Bengali aristocrat and politician
• Lalak Jan, Pakistani military personnel
• Maulana Hassan Jan, Assassinated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politician
• Mian Shakirullah Jan, Pashtun judge and member of the PCO Judges case protest

In Turkic languages, Jan is usually spelled Can (/dʒan ~ ʑan/) and is also used as a component in two-part names (Turkish: Alimcan, Tatar: Ğəlimcan / Галимҗан^[1], etc.). When transliterated from Russian script, it is Dzhan (Джан), or alternatively, Zyan (Зян).^[2][3][4]

In Uzbek, Jan is Jon (Olimjon).^[5]

• Can (name)
• Jan (disambiguation)

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