Wiktionary

nan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nan"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Nan, pet form of the formerly very common female given names Anne and Agnes. As a nursemaid and grandmother, a clipping of earlier nana, from nanny under the probable influence of mama, also from Nan. Compare Mary.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /næn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

NounEdit

nan (plural nans)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of maid: a servant girl. [1599]
  2. (slang, obsolete) Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual. [1670]
  3. (UK, endearing) Synonym of nursemaid. [1940]
  4. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, endearing) Synonym of grandmother. [1955]
    We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.

Etymology 2Edit

See at naan.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nan (plural nans)

  1. Alternative spelling of naan

AnagramsEdit

AcehneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

NounEdit

nan

  1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

ReferencesEdit

Bikol CentralEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

nan

  1. (Sorsogon) and
    Synonyms: asin, saka, buda, at, sagkod, tapos

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

nan (feminine nana, masculine plural nans, feminine plural nanes)

  1. (attributive) dwarf

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

nan m (plural nans, feminine nana)

  1. (mythology) dwarf (a member of a race from folklore)
  2. dwarf (a person of short stature, usually as the result of a genetic condition)
  3. (folklore) in Catalan celebrations, someone who wears a large papier-mâché head

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Franco-ProvençalEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Savoyard dialect) IPA(key): /ˈnɑ/
  • (Bressan dialect) IPA(key): /ˈnɔ̃/

InterjectionEdit

nan

  1. no

AdverbEdit

nan

  1. no

AntonymsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

nan

  1. (informal) nah, nope
    Synonym: (standard French) non

FulaEdit

ParticleEdit

nan

  1. marks the preterite tense

ReferencesEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

ArticleEdit

nan

  1. the (definite article)

Usage notesEdit

This word is used only when the preceding word is singular and ends with a nasal consonant.

See alsoEdit

PrepositionEdit

nan

  1. in
    • 2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎[1]:
      Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.”
      American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are having a meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to speak about "the worsening situation in Venezuela."

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なん

LombardEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Italian nano, ultimately from Greek νᾶνος.

NounEdit

nan

  1. dwarf

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nan m (diminutive nancycko)

  1. father

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nan
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nan nana nany
Genitive nana nanowu nanow
Dative nanoju nanoma nanam
Accusative nana nanowu nany, nanow
Instrumental nanom nanoma nanami
Locative nanje nanoma nanach

Coordinate termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “nan”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “nan”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

MakolkolEdit

NounEdit

nan

  1. mother

Further readingEdit

Malecite-PassamaquoddyEdit

Malecite-Passamaquoddy numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: nan
    Ordinal: nanewey
    Adverbial: nanokehs
    Adnominal: nanuwok, nanonul

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Algonquian *nya·θanwi.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnan/, [ˈnan˧˦]

NumeralEdit

nan (initial root nan-)

  1. five (in counting)

ReferencesEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

nan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of nàn.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern KurdishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Akin to Persian نان‎ (nân), See there for more.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nan m

  1. bread
  2. food
    Synonym: xwarin
DeclensionEdit
Declension of nan
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nan nan
Construct nanê nanên
Oblique nanî nanan
Demonstrative oblique wî nanî wan nanan
Vocative nano nanino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative nanek nanin
Construct nanekî nanine
Oblique nanekî naninan

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

nan

  1. to put in, to set, to place
  2. to fuck, to copulate, to have sex with

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz, equivalent to ne (“not”) +‎ ān (“one”).

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

nān

  1. no; not a, not one, not any
    nān mann
    no one (literally "no person")
    nān þing
    nothing
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
      Þæt word willan næfþ nān bebēodendlīċ, for þon þe sē willa sċeal bēon ǣfre frī.
      The word 'to want' has no imperative, because the will must always be free.

PronounEdit

nān

  1. no one, nobody; none
    Ūre nān ne mæġ tōweardnesse forecweðan.
    None of us can predict the future.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nān
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nān nān nān
Accusative nānne, nǣnne nāne nān
Genitive nānes nānre nānes
Dative nānum nānre nānum
Instrumental nāne nānre nāne
Plural
Nominative nāne
Accusative nāne
Genitive nānra
Dative nānum
Instrumental nānum

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: noon

Old FrisianEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

nān

  1. Alternative form of nēn

PronounEdit

nān

  1. Alternative form of nēn

ReferencesEdit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

The third person plural pronoun nan (“they”) and the overall plural noun suffix -nan are unique for Papiamentu and cannot be found in any other language. According to Clements and Parkvall the pronoun nan and it's derived suffix -nan were introduced into the language just in the 1700s because of the grown need for a plural marking. Apparently before the introduction the need for a plural marking was not felt. Just like in other South American languages the suffix originated in the form "kas-nan" literally "house-they" (ac Lenz).

Compare the Curripaco Arawak suffix -na and the Dutch suffix -en.

Searches are being undertaken to find the African connections with the words "iran", "ene", "na", "nan", "inen" and "ane" in the languages Bini, Kwa, Anabonese, Bantu, Kimbundu, Angolar, Fa d'Ambu, Edo and Saotome in the African countries of Sao Tomé, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (see Bartens and Schuchardt). All very improbably.

PronounEdit

nan

  1. they, third person plural
  2. their

See alsoEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin nanus.

NounEdit

nan m (plural nani)

  1. dwarf

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nan
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) nan nanul (niște) nani nanii
genitive/dative (unui) nan nanului (unor) nani nanilor
vocative nanule nanilor

Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish dïa n- (“if, when”) with irregular change of initial d- to n-. Cognate with Irish dá (“if”).

ConjunctionEdit

nan

  1. if (subjunctive)
    Nan robh mi beartach, b'urrainn dhomh taigh mór a cheannach.
    If I were rich, I could buy a mansion.
  2. whether (subjunctive)
    Bhiodh gràdh agam air fhathast nan robh e beartach neo bochd.
    I would still love him whether he were rich or poor.
Usage notesEdit
  • Before words beginning with b, f, m or p, the form nam is used instead.
  • Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
  • The negative form is mura.

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ an (“their”).

PrepositionEdit

nan (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)

  1. in their
    Bha iad nan cadal. ― They were sleeping. (literally, “They were in their sleep.”)
InflectionEdit
Possessive declension of an
Singular Plural
First person namL narN
Second person nadL nurN
Third person m naL nanN, namN 1)
Third person f naH
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-

Etymology 3Edit

ArticleEdit

nan

  1. inflection of an (“the”):
    1. genitive plural preceding a consonant (excluding b-, f-, m-, p-)
    2. genitive plural preceding a vowel
DeclensionEdit
Variation of nan (definite article)
Masculine Feminine Plural
nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen. nom. dat. gen.
+ f- am anL anL na na nam
+ m-, p- or b- am a'L a'L na na nam
+ c- or g- an a'L a'L na na nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr- an anT anT na na nan
+ other consonant an an an na na nan
+ vowel anT an an naH naH nan
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; T Triggers T-prothesis

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish نان‎ (nan), from Persian نان‎ (nân).

NounEdit

nan (definite accusative nanı, plural nanlar) (archaic)

  1. bread
  2. food

ReferencesEdit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Upper SorbianEdit

 
Upper Sorbian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hsb

NounEdit

nan m

  1. father

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nan
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nan nanaj nanojo
Genitive nana nanow nanow
Dative nanej nanomaj nanam
Accusative nana nanow nanow
Instrumental nanom nanomaj nanami
Locative nanje nanomaj nanach
Vocative nan nanaj nanojo

Further readingEdit

  • “nan” in Soblex

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

According to Ferlus (2009), from *t-rn-aːɲ, with nominalizer -rn- infixed into Proto-Vietic *taːɲ (whence đan (“to weave”)).

Formationally indentical but independently developed are Khmu [Rook] tʰrnaːɲ ("material used for weaving") (Suwilai, 2002) and Proto-West-Bahnaric *trnaːɲ ("thread"), whence Nyaheun nnaːɲ ("thread").

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(classifier sợi) nan

  1. bamboo tape (for basketwork); bamboo slat (of a paper fan)

WolofEdit

AdverbEdit

nan

  1. (interrogative) how

See alsoEdit

ZazakiEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Persian نان‎ (nân, “bread”), see there for more.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɑn]
  • Hyphenation: nan

NounEdit

nan

  1. bread
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