jan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

English

Alternative forms

• jân, jann

Etymology

From Arabic جَنّ (jann)

Noun

jan

1. Obsolete form of jinn.
   • 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta:

     He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

See also

• jan ken po

Anagrams

• JNA, Jna.

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒã˦ã˨]

Noun

jan

1. trap (device to catch animals)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xan/, [xãn]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jan/, [jãn]
  • (Biscayan) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒan]
  • (Gipuzkoan) IPA^(key): [xan]
  • (Navarrese) IPA^(key): [jan]
  • (Navarro-Lapurdian) IPA^(key): [ɟan]
  • (Souletin) IPA^(key): [ʒan]

Noun

jan inan

1. food

   Synonym: janari

Declension

Declension of jan (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jan	jana	janak
ergative	janek	janak	janek
dative	jani	janari	janei
genitive	janen	janaren	janen
comitative	janekin	janarekin	janekin
causative	janengatik	janarengatik	janengatik
benefactive	janentzat	janarentzat	janentzat
instrumental	janez	janaz	janez
inessive	janetan	janean	janetan
locative	janetako	janeko	janetako
allative	janetara	janera	janetara
terminative	janetaraino	janeraino	janetaraino
directive	janetarantz	janerantz	janetarantz
destinative	janetarako	janerako	janetarako
ablative	janetatik	janetik	janetatik
partitive	janik	—	—
prolative	jantzat	—	—

Verb

jan du (imperfect participle jaten, future participle jango or janen, short form jan, verbal noun jate)

1. to eat
2. to eat away, corrode

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

jan

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of Joan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒan]

Noun

jan m (plural jans)

1. Only used in bon jan

Further reading

• “jan” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “jan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yan, jain, yain, ian, iain

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaŋ/

Noun

jan m (plural jain or jein)

1. year

Related terms

• jein

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

jan m (plural jans)

1. Each of the two tables in trictrac

   Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.

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Further reading

• “jan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

jan

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

Swedish

Noun

jan

1. January; Abbreviation of januari.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• nja

Tagalog

Adverb

jan (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔) (text messaging)

1. Alternative spelling of diyan

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒã̀/

Noun

jàn

1. to bang something with another
2. (idiomatic) to fail an examination or test

Derived terms

• jànmọ́