jan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"
English Edit
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jan
- Obsolete form of jinn.
- 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta:
- He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.
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jan
- trap (device to catch animals)
References Edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Basque Edit
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Noun Edit
jan inan
Declension Edit
Declension of jan (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | jan | jana | janak |
ergative | janek | janak | janek |
dative | jani | janari | janei |
genitive | janen | janaren | janen |
comitative | janekin | janarekin | janekin |
causative | janengatik | janarengatik | janengatik |
benefactive | janentzat | janarentzat | janentzat |
instrumental | janez | janaz | janez |
inessive | janetan | janean | janetan |
locative | janetako | janeko | janetako |
allative | janetara | janera | janetara |
terminative | janetaraino | janeraino | janetaraino |
directive | janetarantz | janerantz | janetarantz |
destinative | janetarako | janerako | janetarako |
ablative | janetatik | janetik | janetatik |
partitive | janik | — | — |
prolative | jantzat | — | — |
Verb Edit
jan du (imperfect participle jaten, future participle jango or janen, short form jan, verbal noun jate)
Bau Bidayuh Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.
Noun Edit
jan
- rain (condensed water from a cloud)
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
Shortening of Joan.
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jan m (plural jans)
- Only used in bon jan
Further reading Edit
- “jan” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “jan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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French Edit
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jan m (plural jans)
- Each of the two tables in trictrac
- Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading Edit
- “jan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese Edit
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jan
Swedish Edit
Noun Edit
jan
- January; Abbreviation of januari.
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jan
- (text messaging) Alternative spelling of diyan.
Yoruba Edit
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jàn