zan

zan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san/

Particle

zan

  1. Only; merely; just; but.
    • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della:
      Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Late 17C: annals of Puebla
      niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
  • Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

  1. Only; merely; just; but.

Gun

Etymology 1

Cognates include Fon zàn, Saxwe Gbe ojàn (mat)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zã̀/

Noun

zàn (plural zàn lɛ́ or zàn lẹ́)

  1. bed
  2. mat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-zã́.[1] Cognates include Fon zǎn, Saxwe Gbe ozàn, Aja (West Africa) ezan and Ewe .

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zã́/

Noun

zán (plural zán lɛ́ or zán lẹ́)

  1. night
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 219

Japanese

Romanization

zan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ざん

Kamakan

Alternative forms

  • sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

  1. (Kamakan) water

References

  • Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzan/ [ˈzan]
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

zan (Jawi spelling زن, plural zan-zan or zan2)

  1. (Islam, very rare or obsolete) doubt, suspicion
    Synonyms: keraguan, kesangsian, kewas-wasan

Usage notes

Commonly used in its derived terms husnuzan / husnuzon.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "zan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mandarin

Romanization

zan (zan5 / zan0, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄢ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of  / ,  /

zan

  1. nonstandard spelling of zān
  2. nonstandard spelling of zán
  3. nonstandard spelling of zǎn
  4. nonstandard spelling of zàn

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old High German zand, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈt͡san/

    Noun

    zan m

    1. tooth
      Sîner zene glîʒ ist wîʒer danne milch.
      The shine of his teeth is whiter than milk.
      rôter munt mit wîʒen zenen wol bezinnet
      red mouth well surrounded by white teeth as merlons

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Zah
    • Bavarian: Zåhn, Zant
    • Central Franconian: Zank, Zand
      Kölsch: Zant
    • German: Zahn
      • Central Franconian: Zahn
    • Hunsrik: Zaan
    • Luxembourgish: Zant
    • Pennsylvania German: Zaah
    • Swabian: Zah, Zai
    • Vilamovian: cōn
    • Yiddish: צאָן (tson)

    Old High German

    Noun

    zan m

    1. alternative form of zand

    Declension

    Declension of zan (masculine i-stem)
    case singular plural
    nominative zan zani
    accusative zan zani
    genitive zanes zano
    dative zane zanim, zanen
    instrumental zanu

    Turkish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظن, from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

    Noun

    zan (definite accusative zannı, plural zanlar)

    1. suspicion, presumption, supposition

    References

    • zan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
    • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

    Zou

    Adverb

    zan

    1. down

    References

    • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45