jan

See also: Jan, Ján, jan., Jan., and jàŋ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic جَنّ‎ (jann)

Noun

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.

Anagrams

Bambara

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʒã˦ã˨]

Noun

jan

  1. trap (device to catch animals)

References

Basque

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /xan/, [xãn]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /jan/, [jãn]
    • (Biscayan) IPA(key): [d͡ʒan]
    • (Gipuzkoan) IPA(key): [xan]
    • (Navarrese) IPA(key): [jan]
    • (Navarro-Lapurdian) IPA(key): [ɟan]
    • (Souletin) IPA(key): [ʒan]

Noun

jan inan

  1. food
    Synonym: janari

Declension
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

jan du (present participle jaten, future participle jango, short form jan, verbal noun jate)

  1. to eat
  2. to eat away, corrode

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

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

Noun

jan

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of Joan.

Pronunciation

Noun

jan m (plural jans)

  1. Only used in bon jan

Further reading

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaŋ/

Noun

jan m (plural jain or jein)

  1. year

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃/
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Noun

jan m (plural jans)

  1. Each of the two tables in trictrac
    Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.
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Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

jan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

Swedish

Noun

jan

  1. January; Abbreviation of januari.

See also

Anagrams

Tagalog

Adverb

jan

  1. (text messaging) Alternative spelling of diyan.

Yoruba

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒã̀/

Noun

jàn

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

Derived terms
  • jànmọ́

Yucatec Maya

Verb

jan (intransitive)

  1. to eat

Conjugation
conjugation of jan
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
imperfective kin janal ka janal ku janal k janal ka janaleʼex ku janaloʼob
perfective j janen j janech j janij j janoʼon j janeʼex j janoʼob
subjunctive kaʼaj janaken kaʼaj janakech kaʼaj janak kaʼaj janakoʼon kaʼaj janakeʼex kaʼaj janakoʼob
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