gagan
See also: gagaṅ
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)
- nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.
See also edit
Gamilaraay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gagan
References edit
- (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old English ġæġn, Old Norse gegn.
Preposition edit
gagan
Descendants edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), see also Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”).
Noun edit
gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN