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falan

See also: falán

Asturian edit

Verb edit

falan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of falar

Galician edit

Verb edit

falan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of falar

Manchu edit

Romanization edit

falan

  1. Romanization of ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ

Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فلان (falan), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /faˈɫan/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lan

Adjective edit

falan

  1. the "you-know-" part in you-know-who or you-know-what
    Falan tarihte, falan yerde, falan kişi ile gezerken sizi gördüm.
    You-know-when, I saw you at you-know-where, while I was walking with you-know-who.

Noun edit

falan (definite accusative falanı, plural falanlar)

  1. or something, or anything
    Bizi öldürmeye falan mı çalışıyorsun?
    Are you trying to kill us or something?
    Dalga geçiyor falan değilim.
    It's not like I'm making fun of it or anything
  2. etc.
    Atlet falan aldım.
    I bought tank tops, etc.

Pronoun edit

falan

  1. you-know-what
  2. you-know-who
    Bana "falan geldi, falan gitti" diye anlatmaya başladı.
    So he started recounting me like "you-know-who came, and you-know-who went".

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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