bakan
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧kan
Noun edit
bakan
- the pondspice (Litsea aestivalis)
- the antique ark (Anadara antiquata)
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
bakan
Nubi edit
Etymology edit
From Sudanese Arabic بكان (bakān), from Arabic مَكان (makān).
Noun edit
bakán
References edit
- Ineke Wellens (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 116
Old Saxon edit
Verb edit
bakan
- Alternative form of bakkan
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch baken, whence English beacon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakan m inan
- (nautical) beacon (a signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners)
Declension edit
Declension of bakan
Further reading edit
- bakan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sakizaya edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakan
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From bak (“look”) + -an (“-er”). Introduced during the language reform, displaced Ottoman Turkish ناظر (nāẓır), from Arabic ناظِر (nāẓir), of which it is a calque.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakan (definite accusative bakanı, plural bakanlar)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
bakan
Volapük edit
Noun edit
bakan (nominative plural bakans)
Declension edit
declension of bakan