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jan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

English

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَنّ (jann)

Noun

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jan

  1. 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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Bambara

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jan

  1. trap (device to catch animals)

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Basque

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Noun

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jan inan

  1. food
    Synonym: janari

Declension

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Declension of jan (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
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

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jan du (imperfect participle jaten, future participle jango or janen, short form jan, verbal noun jate)

  1. to eat
  2. to eat away, corrode

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

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jan

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Catalan

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Etymology

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Shortening of Joan.

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Noun

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jan m (plural jans)

  1. Only used in bon jan

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin annus.

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Noun

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jan m (plural jain or jein)

  1. year
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French

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jan m (plural jans)

  1. Each of the two tables in trictrac
    Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.
    I filled my grand jan by doublet: six points for me.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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jan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

Swedish

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Noun

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jan

  1. January; Abbreviation of januari.

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Tagalog

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Adverb

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jan (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔) (text messaging, colloquial)

  1. Alternative spelling of diyan

Yoruba

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jàn

  1. to bang something with another
  2. (idiomatic) to fail an examination or test

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