taan
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From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).
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taan (plural taans)
- (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.
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táan
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taan f (uncountable)
- tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning.
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taan
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taan (plural táán)
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- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
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taan
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- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of tahan.
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taan or taán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)
- reserve (for future use)
- act of reserving (for future use)
- Synonyms: pagtataan, paglalaan, pagrereserba
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap; to set a snare”). Compare Cebuano taon and Malay tahan.
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taán or taan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (fishing)
- a type of fish trap made of a barricade of stones and split bamboo (for catching fish in coral reefs)
- long lines for inland water fishing
- Synonym: kitang
- act of setting up such a fish trap
- Synonym: pagtataan
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taan
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taan (nominative plural taans)
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táan