# January
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") +‎ -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæn.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/ or as US
* (US) enPR: jănʹyo͞o-ĕr'ē, IPA: /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌɛɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjuˌæɹi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒænjʉˌeːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænjəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒænɹi/
* (obsolete) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌwɛəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnəˌweɪɹi/
* (US) Hyphenation: Jan‧u‧ary
* (UK) Hyphenation: Janu‧ary

### Proper noun

January (plural Januaries or Januarys)
* The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.
    01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009.
    American style: Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
* (rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
** 2011, Michael Schofield, January First:“Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”

#### Derived terms

* Black January
* Januarily
* January Club
* January disease
* January effect
* January Events
* January indicator
* January King
* January Massacre
* January Rebellion
* January sales
* January term
* January thaw
* January Uprising
* May and January
* mid-January

#### Related terms

* Janus

#### Descendants

* Bislama: januware
* Jamaican Creole: janiweri
* Pitcairn-Norfolk: jaenyuweri
* Tok Pisin: janueri
* → Bengali: জানুয়ারি (januẏari)
* → Burmese: ဇန်နဝါရီ (janna.wari)
* → Chichewa: Januwale
* → Dari: جنوری (janoari)
** → Urdu: جنوری (janvarī)
* → Dhivehi: ޖެނުއަރީ (jenuarī)
* → Fijian: Janueri
* → Fiji Hindi: january
* → Gilbertese: Tianuari
* → Gujarati: જાન્યુઆરી (jānyuārī)
* → Hausa: Janairu
* → Hawaiian: Ianuali
* → Hindi: जनवरी (janavrī)
* → Igbo: january
* → Inuktitut: ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ (yannoali)
* → Javanese: januar, januari
* → Kannada: ಜನವರಿ (janavari)
* → Kongo: yanwadi
* → Lingala: yanwáli
* → Malagasy: janoary
* → Malay: Januari
** Indonesian: Januari
** → Banjarese: Januari
** → Banyumasan: Januari
** → Buginese: januari
** → Gorontalo: Januari
** → Minangkabau: Januari
** → Sundanese: Januari
* → Malayalam: ജനുവരി (januvari)
* → Maori: Hānuere
* → Marathi: जानेवारी (jānevārī)
* → Marshallese: Jānwōde
* → Odia: ଜାନୁଆରୀ (jānuāri)
* → Pashto: جنوري
* → Pohnpeian: Senweri
* → Punjabi: ਜਨਵਰੀ (janvarī)
* → Samoan: ianuari
* → Sinhalese: ජනවාරි (janawāri)
* → Swahili: Januari
* → Tagalog: January
* → Tahitian: tēnuare
* → Tamil: ஜனவரி (jaṉavari)
* → Telugu: జనవరి (janavari)
* → Tokelauan: Ianuali
* → Tongan: Sānuali
* → Tumbuka: Janyuwale
* → Yoruba: Jánúárì

#### Translations
### See also

* January
* February
* March
* April
* May
* June
* July
* August
* September
* October
* November
* December

### References

* ↑ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § II.4, page 68.
* ↑ Hyphenation exception log, Barbara Beeton, 2015, online at

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English January.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /d͡ʒanjuˈaɾi/ [d͡ʒɐˈɲwaː.ɾɪ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /djanjuˈaɾi/ [d̪jɐn̪.jʊˈaː.ɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -aɾi
* Syllabification: Jan‧ua‧ry

### Proper noun

January (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜇᜒ)
* a female given name from English
* a male given name from English