gagan
See also: gagaṅ
Aromanian
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editgagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)
- nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.
See also
editGamilaraay
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgagan
References
edit- (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
Old High German
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old English ġæġn, Old Norse gegn.
Preposition
editgagan
Descendants
editScottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).
Noun
editgagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)
References
edit- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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- Aromanian lemmas
- Aromanian nouns
- Aromanian masculine nouns
- Gamilaraay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German prepositions
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
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