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Hans (name)
Hans is a male given name in Afrikaans, Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, Estonian language, Estonian, Faroese language, Faroese, German language, German, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Icelandic language, Icelandic and Swedish language, Swedish-speaking populations. It was originally short for Johannes (Ioannis, Ioannes), but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. The earliest documented usage was in 1356 in Sweden, 1360 in Norway, and the 14th century in Denmark. The name Hansel (other), Hansel (, ) is a diminutive, meaning "little Hans". Another diminutive with the same meaning is (), found in the German proverb ; which translates roughly as "what Hansel doesn't learn, Hans will never learn". Separately derived, ''Hans'' is also a male given name meaning "swan" in the Sanskrit language families of the Indian subcontinent. Alternative forms Other variants include: Han, Hawns, Hanns, Hannes, Hanse, Hansi (also female), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honza
Honza is a very common Czech language, Czech name which may be informally used interchangeably with John (given name), Jan (). It comes from German language, German Johann, Johann(es) → Hans_(name), Hans → Honza. Possible diminutives are Honzík or Honzíček. In Czech every Jan can be called Honza. In fact, virtually no Jan is called Jan by friends - usually Honza or Jenda is used. Honza may be translated as Johnny. Honza is often a Czech fairy tale hero, sometimes called Hloupý Honza (Stupid Honza), Líný Honza (Lazy Honza) or Chudý Honza (Poor Honza). In original uses, ''Líný Honza'' is the ''lazy'' and inept son of village farmers. His parents send him "to the world" to take care of himself and get experience. On his way, he meets seemingly impossible obstacles (often involving a dragon) but outsmarts them all and returns home with fame, riches and a princess as his wife. While sometimes called ''Hloupý Honza'' (''Dull Honza''), he is not really dull and in m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampus
Hampus is a Swedish masculine given name which is the diminutive form of Hans. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Hampus Wilhelm Arnell (1848–1932), Swedish bryologist * Hampus Bergdahl (born 1995), Swedish footballer * Hampus Eriksson (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player * Hampus Finndell (born 2000), Swedish football player * Hampus Hellekant (born 1976), Swedish murderer * Hampus Holmgren (born 1995), Finnish footballer * Hampus Jönsson (born 1991), Swedish football player * Hampus Lindholm (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player * Hampus Nilsson (born 1990), Swedish football player * Hampus Söderström (born 2000), Swedish football player * Hampus Wanne (born 1993), Swedish handball player * Hampus Zackrisson (born 1994), Swedish football player Middle name * Axel Hampus Dalström (1829–1882), Finnish architect * Johan Hampus Furuhjelm (1821–1909), Swedish-speaking Finnish noble References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hampus Swedish masculine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan
Swans are birds of the genus ''Cygnus'' within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe (biology), tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. They are the largest Anseriformes, waterfowl and are often among the largest Bird flight, flighted birds in their range. There are six living and many extinct species of swan; in addition, there is a species known as the coscoroba swan which is no longer considered one of the true swans. Swans usually mate for life, although separation sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of bird egg, eggs in each :wikt:clutch, clutch ranges from three to eight. Taxonomy and terminology The genus ''Cygnus'' was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist François Alexandre Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongside both Irish language, Irish and Manx language, Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a Classical Gaelic, common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 United Kingdom census#2011 Census for Scotland, 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population, three years and older) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses of Irish speakers are therefore based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Language
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival. It is the only Canaanite language, as well as one of only two Northwest Semitic languages, with the other being Aramaic, still spoken today. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yohanan
Yohanan ('), sometimes transcribed as Johanan, is a Hebrew male given name that can also appear in the longer form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Second Temple around 400 BCE. Adaptations The Hebrew name was adopted as (''Iōánnēs'') in Biblical Greek as the name of both John the Baptist and John the Apostle. In the Latin Vulgate this was originally adopted as '' Iohannes'' (or ''Johannes'' – in Latin, '' J'' is the same letter as ''I''). The presence of an ''h'', not found in the Greek adaptation, shows awareness of the Hebrew origin. Later editions of the Vulgate, such as the Clementine Vulgate, have '' Ioannes'', however. The anglicized form '' John'' makes its appearance in Middle English, from the mid-12th century, as a direct adaptation from Medieval Latin ''Johannes'', via the Old French '' Jean''. The feminine form ''Joanna">Jean (male given name)">Jean''. The feminine form ''Joanna'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John (given Name)
John ( ) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English ''Ioon'', ''Ihon'', ''Iohn, Jan'' (mid-12c.), itself from Old French ''Jan'', ''Jean'', ''Jehan'' (Modern French ''Jean (male given name), Jean''), from Medieval Latin ''Johannes'', altered form of Late Latin ''Ioannes'', or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, which is from the Ancient Greek, Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenistic Judaism, Jews transliterating the Hebrew name ''Johanan (name), Yochanan'' (), the contracted form of the longer name (), meaning "YHWH is Gracious" or "YHWH is Merciful". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar). The name Jonathan (name), Jonathan (or Jon) derives from a distinct Bible, Biblical name ''Yonatan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack (given Name)
Jack is a male given name of English origin, originally a diminutive of John (given name), John. Alternatively it may commonly be a diminutive of Jacob (name), Jacob, its French variant Jacques, or given names like Jackson (name), Jackson which have been derived from surnames. Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. Jack is also used to a far lesser extent as a female given name, often as a shortened version of Jacqueline (given name), Jacqueline. The word "jack" is also commonly used in other contexts in English for many occupations, objects and actions, linked to the use of the word as a metaphor for a common man. Origin Jack is thought by some to have hailed from the earlier Jackin (from the name Jankin). Alternatively, it may be derived from an Anglicisation of names , anglicisation of Jacques, the French form of the name James (given name), James or Jacob (name), Jacob. There is also a theory th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Armenian Orthography
Classical Armenian orthography, traditional orthography or Mashtotsian orthography ( in classical orthography and in reformed orthography, ''Hayereni tasagan ughakrutyun''), is the orthography that was developed by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century for writing Armenian language, Armenian and reformed during the early 20th century. Today, it is used primarily by the Armenian diaspora, including all Western Armenian speakers and Eastern Armenian speakers in Iran, which has rejected the Armenian orthography reform of Soviet Armenia during the 1920s. In the Armenian diaspora, some linguists and politicians allege political motives behind the reform of the Armenian alphabet. Classical Armenian orthography uses 38 letters: the original 36 letters of the Armenian alphabet invented by Mesrop Mashtots during the 5th century, and the 2 additional letters included later in the Armenian alphabet during the Middle Ages. Vowels Monophthongs Armenian has eight monophthongs () and ten symbol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Orthography Reform
The Armenian orthography reform occurred between 1922 and 1924 in Soviet Armenia and was partially revised in 1940. Its main features "were the neutralization of classical, etymological writing and the adjustment of phonetic realization and writing." The original orthography is now known as the classical orthography ( ''dasakan uġġagrut'yun'') and is sometimes referred to as ''Mashtotsian orthography'' (), after Mesrop Mashtots, who invented the Armenian alphabet in 405 AD. This reform is not to be confused with the 13th-century alphabet extension introducing letters and . Acceptance and evaluation Today it is the officially used orthography for the Armenian language in Armenia, and widely used by Armenian communities in Georgia and Russia. It was rejected by the Armenian diaspora, most of which speak Western Armenian, including the Armenian communities in Iran, which also speak Eastern Armenian and still use the classical orthography of the Armenian alphabet. While some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
