taan

See also: tån, tʼaan, tään, and Taan

English

Etymology

From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).

Noun

taan (plural taans)

1. (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 147:

     Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

Anagrams

• AANT, ANTA, Anat, Nata, Tana, anat., anta, naat, tana

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧an
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/, [ˈta.ʔan̪]

Noun

táan

1. bait; decoy

   Synonym: paon

Derived terms

• magtaan
• taanan

 

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːn/

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Noun

taan f (uncountable)

1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning.

Derived terms

• tanen
• tanig

Finnish

Noun

taan

1. genitive singular of taka

Anagrams

• -ntaa, nata

Noone

Noun

taan (plural táán)

1. ash

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Nyunga

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Verb

taan

1. to pierce, to penetrate, to make an opening

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of tahan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧an
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/, [ˈta.ʔɐn]
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔan/, [tɐˈʔan]

Noun

taan or taán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

1. reserve (for future use)

   Synonyms: laan, reserba

2. act of reserving (for future use)

   Synonyms: pagtataan, paglalaan, pagrereserba

Derived terms

• itaan
• magpataan
• magtaan
• nakataan
• pagtataan
• pataan
• pataanan
• taanan
• tumaan

 

See also

• gahin

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap; to set a snare”). Compare Cebuano taon and Malay tahan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧an
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔan/, [tɐˈʔan]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/, [ˈta.ʔɐn]

Noun

taán or taan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (fishing)

1. a type of fish trap made of a barricade of stones and split bamboo (for catching fish in coral reefs)
2. long lines for inland water fishing

   Synonym: kitang

3. act of setting up such a fish trap

   Synonym: pagtataan

Derived terms

• pagtataan
• taanan

 

Further reading

• “taan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*taqan₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*taqan₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tetum

Noun

taan

1. layer
2. fold

Volapük

Etymology

From ta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˀan/

Noun

taan (nominative plural taans)

1. opponent, antagonist

Inflection

declension of taan

	singular	plural
nominative	taan	taans
genitive	taana	taanas
dative	taane	taanes
accusative	taani	taanis
vocative 1	o taan!	o taans!
predicative 2	taanu	taanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yucatec Maya

Noun

táan

1. (anatomy) chest