ajan
Estonian edit
Verb edit
ajan
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ajan
Postposition edit
(genitive +) ajan
- for, during, throughout (a period of time)
- kahden vuoden ajan ― during two years
- Liike oli niitä harvoja, jotka pystyivät olemaan auki sodan ajan.
- The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.
- Seuraavien kahden vuoden ajan sinä olet Mongolian lähetystömme päällikkö.
- For the next two years you will be the head of our Mongolian embassy.
- Asuin 1970-luvun (ajan) vanhempieni luona.
- I lived with my parents during the 1970s.
Usage notes edit
- ajan indicates that a situation or activity continued or continues during the whole of a specified length of time. To refer to an unspecified period of time or to an event that happened or happens during a specified period but at an unspecified moment, aikana may be used.
- This construction may be replaced with the accusative case if the definition of time period is exact in itself.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ajan
- first-person singular present indicative of ajaa
- Minä ajan.
- I (will) drive.
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑn
- Hyphenation: a‧jan
Noun edit
ajan
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑn
- Hyphenation: a‧jan
Verb edit
ajan
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
Occitan edit
Verb edit
ajan
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ajan
- inflection of agir:
- third-person plural present indicative of ajar
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish آژان (ajan), from French agent. Doublet of acente.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ajan (definite accusative ajanı, plural ajanlar)
Declension edit
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Nominative | ajan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ajanı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ajan | ajanlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ajanı | ajanları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | ajana | ajanlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ajanda | ajanlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ajandan | ajanlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ajanın | ajanların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also edit
- acente (from Italian)
Wastek edit
Noun edit
ajan