See also: ан, -ан, and Ян

Dungan

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Etymology

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Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (yán).

Noun

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ян (i͡an)

  1. salt

Nogai

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *yān.

Noun

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ян (yan)

  1. side

Etymology 2

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From Persian جان (jân, soul, vital spirit).

Noun

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ян (yan)

  1. soul

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ян”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin (yáng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ян (janf inan or n inan (indeclinable) or
ян (janf inan or n inan (genitive я́на, uncountable)

  1. yang
    Antonym: инь (inʹ)

Declension

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when declinable:

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