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ዣን
žān , ዠን፡ žan , ዛን፡ zān , ጃን፡ ǧān Substantivumsubst.
1) the first component of a title, court officeren
Compounds
a) ዣን፡ ሐጸና፡ žān ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐጸና፡ žan ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐፀና፡ žan ḥaḍanā , ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ zān ḥaṣanā , ዛንሐጸና፡ zānḥaṣanā (title) officer of the royal palace 1867a ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ በኃይሉ፡ ‘le zān ḥaṣanā, Baḫāylufr’ 27 l. 12 (ed.), 31 l. 7 (tr.); 28 l. 5 (ed.), 32 l. 9–10 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ሐፀና፡ ጊዮርጊስ፤ ‘et le žān ḥaṣanā, Giyorgisfr’ 31 l. 32, 32 l. 1 (ed.), 37 l. 7 (tr.), ዛንሐጸና፡ ሃኖ፡ ‘le za{sic}nḥaṣanā, Hānofr’ 33 l. 14–15 (ed.), 38 l. 30 (tr.), videasvid. ሐጸና፡
b) ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žān maʾasare , ዠን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žan maʾasare , ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ zān maʾasare , ዣን፡ ማሰሬ፡ žān māsare pluralisPl. ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ žān māsaročč (title) chief of protocol in the Gondarine monarchy who introduced foreigners of status to the monarch 1867a ወለሐናፅያኒሂ፡ አዘዝዎሙ፡ ለእመ፡ ጸነ፡ ከመ፡ ያርትዑ፡ ራቅ፡ ማሰሮችሰ፡ ዘየማን፡ ወዘፀጋም፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ ቀማይሲሆሙ፡ እስከ፡ ይትፌጸም፡ ውእቱ፡ ገብረ፡ ጃጐል፡ ወዣን፡ ማሰሬሂ፡ ከመ{sic}ሆሙ፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ እለ፡ ይሰርሑ፡ ጃጐለ፡ ‘Il recommanda aux constructeurs de veiller à ce qu’il fût bien aligné, sans aucune déviation, et aux Râq Mâsarôtj de droite et de gauche, ainsi qu’aux Jân Mâsarê qui étaient employés à la construction du Djagual, de ne pas prendre leurs tuniques jusqu'à ce que ce travail fût achevéfr’ 23 l. 9–24 l. 4 (ed.), 24 l. 1–5 (tr.); ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ወበሳኒታሁ፡ አዘዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ከመ፡ ያስተጋብዕዎሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ ወያብዕዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ጃጐል፡፡ ‘Le lendemain, Ba’eda Mâryâm donna l’ordre de réunir tous les Jân Mâsarôtj et de les amener dans le Djagualfr’ 162 l. 7–9 (ed.), 162 l. 8–10 (tr.); ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡ ‘le zān maʾasarē, Gabra Māryāmfr’ 27 l. 12–13 (ed.), 31 l. 7–8 (tr.); 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6 (tr.); ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ሰመረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ‘et le žān maʾasarē, Samara Ṣyonfr’ 37 l. 18 (ed.), 44 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. መአሰሬ፡
c) ዣን፡ ተከል፡ žān takal one of the junior officers of the royal household 733a ዣን፡ ተከል፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ‘et le žān takal, Afa Warqfr’ 43 l. 32 (ed.), 52 l. 14–15 (tr.), videasvid. ተከል፡
d) ዣን፡ ደረባ፡ žān darabā , ዣንደረባ፡ žāndarabā , ጃንደረባ፡ ǧāndarabā pluralisPl. ዣንደረቦች፡ žāndarabočč ‘eunuchen, chamberlainen (in the Gondarine monarchy)’ 1867b ወዣን፡ ደረባ፡ ዛን፡ ባርያ፡ ‘le žān darabā, Zān Bāryāfr’ 37 l. 19 (ed.), 44 l. 8 (tr.); ዣንደረቦች፡ አዛጅ፡ ዮናዳብ፡ ወአምኃ፡ ‘et les žāndarabā étaient l’azāž{sic} Yonādāb et Amḫāfr’ 41 l. 16–17 (ed.), 49 l. 6 (tr.), videasvid. ደረባ፡
e) ዣን፡ ጽራር፡ žān ṣǝrār , ዣንጽራር፡ žānṣǝrār , ዣን፡ ጥራር፡ žān ṭǝrār (title) governor of Wādlā 637a ወቃለ፡ ዓፄሂ፡ ዘዣንጽራር፡ ጔታ፡ ሐብተ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ‘le qāla ḥ{sic}aṣē, žān ṣerār guiētā, Ḥabta Mikā’ēlfr’ 31 l. 14 (ed.), 36 l. 18–19 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ጽራር፡ አቤል፡ ‘le žān ṣerār, Abēlfr’ 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. ጽራር፡
Comparative and etymological data
from Amharic ጃን ǧān or ዣን žān , probably from Agaw ‘elephant’ (for more information see )
ዣን
žān , ዠን፡ žan , ዛን፡ zān , ጃን፡ ǧān Substantivumsubst.
1) the first component of a title, court officeren
Compounds
a) ዣን፡ ሐጸና፡ žān ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐጸና፡ žan ḥaṣanā , ዠን፡ ሐፀና፡ žan ḥaḍanā , ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ zān ḥaṣanā , ዛንሐጸና፡ zānḥaṣanā (title) officer of the royal palace 1867a ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ዛን፡ ሐጸና፡ በኃይሉ፡ ‘le zān ḥaṣanā, Baḫāylufr’ 27 l. 12 (ed.), 31 l. 7 (tr.); 28 l. 5 (ed.), 32 l. 9–10 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ሐፀና፡ ጊዮርጊስ፤ ‘et le žān ḥaṣanā, Giyorgisfr’ 31 l. 32, 32 l. 1 (ed.), 37 l. 7 (tr.), ዛንሐጸና፡ ሃኖ፡ ‘le za{sic}nḥaṣanā, Hānofr’ 33 l. 14–15 (ed.), 38 l. 30 (tr.), videasvid. ሐጸና፡
b) ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žān maʾasare , ዠን፡ መአሰሬ፡ žan maʾasare , ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ zān maʾasare , ዣን፡ ማሰሬ፡ žān māsare pluralisPl. ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ žān māsaročč (title) chief of protocol in the Gondarine monarchy who introduced foreigners of status to the monarch 1867a ወለሐናፅያኒሂ፡ አዘዝዎሙ፡ ለእመ፡ ጸነ፡ ከመ፡ ያርትዑ፡ ራቅ፡ ማሰሮችሰ፡ ዘየማን፡ ወዘፀጋም፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ ቀማይሲሆሙ፡ እስከ፡ ይትፌጸም፡ ውእቱ፡ ገብረ፡ ጃጐል፡ ወዣን፡ ማሰሬሂ፡ ከመ{sic}ሆሙ፡ ኢይልበሱ፡ እለ፡ ይሰርሑ፡ ጃጐለ፡ ‘Il recommanda aux constructeurs de veiller à ce qu’il fût bien aligné, sans aucune déviation, et aux Râq Mâsarôtj de droite et de gauche, ainsi qu’aux Jân Mâsarê qui étaient employés à la construction du Djagual, de ne pas prendre leurs tuniques jusqu'à ce que ce travail fût achevéfr’ 23 l. 9–24 l. 4 (ed.), 24 l. 1–5 (tr.); ቀሚሰሂ፡ ፀዓዳ፡ ኢይለብሱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ቀላሚ፡ ወኳፍሬ፡ ወሾቍጤ። እመሂ፡ አዛዝያን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ጌቶች፡ እመሂ፡ ሊቀ፡ መጣኒ፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ማስ{sic}ሮች፡ ወኢቃቄታች፡ ምስለ፡ እሊአሁ፡ ዣን፡ ሐጸና። ‘Ils ne portaient pas la tunique blanche, mais le Qalâmi, le Kuâfrê et le Shôquetê, et cette tenue était obligatoire aussi bien pour les Azâzĕyân que pour les Gêtôtj, le Liqa Matâni et ses gens, les Jân Mâsrôtj, le Iqâqêtâtj et ses gens et le Jân Haçanâ*fr’ 33 l. 4–7 (ed.), 33 l. 4–8 (tr.); ወበሳኒታሁ፡ አዘዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ከመ፡ ያስተጋብዕዎሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ዣን፡ ማሰሮች፡ ወያብዕዎሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ጃጐል፡፡ ‘Le lendemain, Ba’eda Mâryâm donna l’ordre de réunir tous les Jân Mâsarôtj et de les amener dans le Djagualfr’ 162 l. 7–9 (ed.), 162 l. 8–10 (tr.); ዛን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡ ‘le zān maʾasarē, Gabra Māryāmfr’ 27 l. 12–13 (ed.), 31 l. 7–8 (tr.); 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6 (tr.); ዣን፡ መአሰሬ፡ ሰመረ፡ ጽዮን፡ ‘et le žān maʾasarē, Samara Ṣyonfr’ 37 l. 18 (ed.), 44 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. መአሰሬ፡
c) ዣን፡ ተከል፡ žān takal one of the junior officers of the royal household 733a ዣን፡ ተከል፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ‘et le žān takal, Afa Warqfr’ 43 l. 32 (ed.), 52 l. 14–15 (tr.), videasvid. ተከል፡
d) ዣን፡ ደረባ፡ žān darabā , ዣንደረባ፡ žāndarabā , ጃንደረባ፡ ǧāndarabā pluralisPl. ዣንደረቦች፡ žāndarabočč ‘eunuchen, chamberlainen (in the Gondarine monarchy)’ 1867b ወዣን፡ ደረባ፡ ዛን፡ ባርያ፡ ‘le žān darabā, Zān Bāryāfr’ 37 l. 19 (ed.), 44 l. 8 (tr.); ዣንደረቦች፡ አዛጅ፡ ዮናዳብ፡ ወአምኃ፡ ‘et les žāndarabā étaient l’azāž{sic} Yonādāb et Amḫāfr’ 41 l. 16–17 (ed.), 49 l. 6 (tr.), videasvid. ደረባ፡
e) ዣን፡ ጽራር፡ žān ṣǝrār , ዣንጽራር፡ žānṣǝrār , ዣን፡ ጥራር፡ žān ṭǝrār (title) governor of Wādlā 637a ወቃለ፡ ዓፄሂ፡ ዘዣንጽራር፡ ጔታ፡ ሐብተ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ‘le qāla ḥ{sic}aṣē, žān ṣerār guiētā, Ḥabta Mikā’ēlfr’ 31 l. 14 (ed.), 36 l. 18–19 (tr.); ወዣን፡ ጽራር፡ አቤል፡ ‘le žān ṣerār, Abēlfr’ 31 l. 32 (ed.), 37 l. 6–7 (tr.), videasvid. ጽራር፡
Comparative and etymological data
from Amharic ጃን ǧān or ዣን žān , probably from Agaw ‘elephant’ (for more information see )