യോഹന്നാൻ

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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).

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യോഹന്നാൻ (yōhannāṉ)

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