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Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of なん – see the following entries.
1
[noun] a man
[noun] a son
6
[noun] difficulty
なに2
[pronoun] what
[pronoun] that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.)
2
[prefix] what number, how many (used with a counter)
[prefix] (used with ) many (used with a counter)
(This term, なん (nan), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as なん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なん.)

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Etymology 2

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なん (nan

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Kansai) Synonym of なの (na no)