alan

See also: Alan, ałan, alaŋ, and a lán

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English

Noun

alan (plural alans)

1. Alternative form of alaunt

Anagrams

• Anal, Lana, Nala, anal, lana, nala

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Azerbaijani

Adjective

alan

1. positive degree subject non-past participle of almaq

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Czech

Noun

alan m

1. alane, aluminium hydride (AlH₃)

Further reading

• Chemické názvosloví anorganických sloučenin by Musilová and Peňázová, 2000, ped.muni.cz
• Chemické názvosloví apparently by Zdeněk Mička, natur.cuni.cz

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Finnish

Noun

alan

1. Genitive singular form of ala.

Verb

alan

1. First-person singular indicative present form of alkaa.

Anagrams

• lana

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Gothic

Romanization

alan

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽

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Hiligaynon

Adjective

álan

1. rancid

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Verb

alan

1. to nourish
2. to grow, produce
3. to appear

Conjugation

Conjugation of alan (strong class 6)

infinitive	alan	tō alenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ale	ōl
2nd-person singular	ælest	ōle
3rd-person singular	æleþ	ōl
plural	alaþ	ōlon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ale	ōle
plural	alen	ōlen
imperative
singular	al
plural	alaþ
participle	present	past
	alende	(ġe)alen

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ɫɑn/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ala-n, *ala-ŋ (“level ground, plain”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (alaŋ).

Noun

alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)

1. area, land, square as for place.

   Tarlanın alanı 150.000 hektarla en büyüktü.

   The area of the field was with 150.000 hectares the largest.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	alan
Definite accusative	alanı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alan	alanlar
Definite accusative	alanı	alanları
Dative	alana	alanlara
Locative	alanda	alanlarda
Ablative	alandan	alanlardan
Genitive	alanın	alanların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular alanım alanlarım 2nd singular alanın alanların 3rd singular alanı alanları 1st plural alanımız alanlarımız 2nd plural alanınız alanlarınız 3rd plural alanları alanları

Descendants

• Greek: αλάνα f (alána)
• Greek: αλάνης m (alánis)
• Greek: αλάνι n (aláni)
• Greek: αλανιάρης m (alaniáris)

Etymology 2

See almak (“to take, to receive”).

Adjective

alan (comparative daha alan, superlative en alan)

1. recipient, susceptive

   Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)

   The one who is the recipient of the horse has already passed Üsküdar. (It is too late to do anything; you have missed the train.)

Noun

alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)

1. The person who takes something.

   Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)

   The person who took the horse has passed Üsküdar. (Too late to do anything about it, as the chance has been missed.)

Anagrams

• nala