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Rasprave: Časopis Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, Vol. 35 No. 1, 2009.

Original scientific paper

A Contribution to the Study of the Reflection of the Saint’s Name Ivan in Croatian Anthroponimy

Domagoj Vidović orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-0237 ; Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

This paper tries to give an overview of the many various reflections of he saint’s name John in the Croatian anthroponimic system. The authorfocuses on the area of south Dalmatia (including Boka kotorska) and Donja Hercegovina. In the introductory part of the paper the reflections of the Hebrew personal name Jehochánán in different Indo-European andnon-Indo-European languages are given. The origin of the Croatian saint’sname Ivan and its various reflections in the Croatian anthroponimic systemare explained. Special emphasis is placed on the similarities with anddifferences from the anthroponimic systems of other closely related SouthSlavic languages.

Keywords

Saint John; Saint’s name; personal name

Hrčak ID:

50796

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/50796

Publication date:

14.4.2010.

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