lan
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"
Translingual
Symbol
lan
See also
Balinese
Romanization
lan
- Romanization of ᬮᬦ᭄
Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
lan inan
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | lan | lana | lanak |
| ergative | lanek | lanak | lanek |
| dative | lani | lanari | lanei |
| genitive | lanen | lanaren | lanen |
| comitative | lanekin | lanarekin | lanekin |
| causative | lanengatik | lanarengatik | lanengatik |
| benefactive | lanentzat | lanarentzat | lanentzat |
| instrumental | lanez | lanaz | lanez |
| inessive | lanetan | lanean | lanetan |
| locative | lanetako | laneko | lanetako |
| allative | lanetara | lanera | lanetara |
| terminative | lanetaraino | laneraino | lanetaraino |
| directive | lanetarantz | lanerantz | lanetarantz |
| destinative | lanetarako | lanerako | lanetarako |
| ablative | lanetatik | lanetik | lanetatik |
| partitive | lanik | — | — |
| prolative | lantzat | — | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “lan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Fala
Alternative forms
- lana (Lagarteiru)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.
Pronunciation
Noun
lan f (plural lanis)
- (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) wool
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Fon
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
làn (plural làn lɛ́)
Derived terms
- lànmɛ̀ (“body”)
Gun
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognates include Fon làn, Saxwe Gbe olàn, Adja elan, Ewe lã.
Pronunciation
Noun
làn (plural làn lɛ́ or làn lẹ́)
Derived terms
- lànmɛ̀ (“body”)
- lànmẹ̀ (“body”)
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Article
lan
Usage notes
Use this word only after a word that ends with a nasal vowel and an oral (non-nasal) consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.
See also
Javanese
Romanization
lan
- Romanization of ꦭꦤ꧀
Linngithigh
Noun
lan
- tongue
- rays of the Sun on water
- spearpoint
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lьnъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lino-; cognate with Upper Sorbian len, Polish len, Czech len, Russian лён (ljon), Old Church Slavonic льнѣнъ (lĭněnŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
lan m inan (diminutive lank)
Declension
Declension of lan
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lan”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lan”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Mandarin
Romanization
lan
- Nonstandard spelling of lán.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of làn.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle Irish
Adjective
lan
- Alternative spelling of lán
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English LAN, acronym of local area network.
Noun
lan n (definite singular lanet, indefinite plural lan, definite plural lana)
- (networking) a LAN
- (computing) a LAN party
Derived terms
References
- Cf. “lan” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
Old Javanese
Etymology
Probably from earlier len, lyan (“other, different”), inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”).
Conjunction
lan
Descendants
Further reading
- "lan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈlan/
Noun
lan m inan
- (Near Masovian) Alternative form of len
Further reading
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “lan”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic льнъ (lĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ. Compare Ukrainian лан (lan).
Noun
lan n (plural lanuri)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьnъ.
Noun
lȁn m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏н)
Declension
Declension of lan
Derived terms
Tetum
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese lã, from Old Galician-Portuguese lãa (“wool”), from Latin lāna (“wool”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (“wool”).
Noun
lan
Turkish
Pronunciation
Interjection
lan
- Alternative form of ulan
Descendants
- → Swedish: len
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare tràn (“to overflow”).
Verb
lan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.
Noun
(classifier cây, bông, hoa) lan
See also
Wab
Noun
lan
Further reading
- John Carter, Katie Carter, John Grummitt, Bonnie MacKenzie, Janell Masters, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Mur Village Vernaculars (2012)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The sense of "up, upwards" comes from an abbreviation of the phrase i'r lan "to the shore, ashore; upwards".
Preposition
lan
Adverb
lan
- (South Wales) up, upwards
Noun
lan
- Soft mutation of glan (“shore, bank”).
Derived terms
- lan a lawr (“up and down”)
- lan lofft (“upstairs”)
- lanlwytho (“to upload”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology 2
Noun
lan
- Soft mutation of llan (“church”).
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
West Coast Bajau
Etymology
From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *lalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.
Noun
lan
Yámana
Noun
lan
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰlaːnᴬ (“nephew; niece; grandchild”). Cognate with Thai หลาน (lǎan), Northern Thai ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Khün ᩉᩖᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຫຼານ (lān), Lü ᦜᦱᧃ (l̇aan), Tai Dam ꪨꪱꪙ, Shan လၢၼ် (lǎan), Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥢᥴ (láan), Ahom 𑜎𑜃𑜫 (lan), Saek หล่าน.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /laːn˨˦/
- Tone numbers: lan1
- Hyphenation: lan
Noun
lan (classifier boux, Sawndip forms 𭓀 or 𰌮 or 𭓎 or 𬞕, 1957–1982 spelling lan)
Derived terms
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