ян

See also: ан, -ан, and Ян

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 鹽／盐 (yán).

Noun

ян • (i͡an)

1. salt

Nogai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yān.

Noun

ян • (yan)

1. side

Etymology 2

From Persian جان (jân, “soul, vital spirit”).

Noun

ян • (yan)

1. soul

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ян”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 陽／阳 (yáng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jan]

Noun

ян • (jan) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) or
ян • (jan) f inan or n inan (genitive я́на, uncountable)

1. yang

   Antonym: инь (inʹ)

Declension

when declinable:

Declension of ян (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	я́н ján
genitive	я́на jána
dative	я́ну jánu
accusative	я́н ján
instrumental	я́ном jánom
prepositional	я́не jáne

Related terms

• инь-я́н (inʹ-ján), инь и ян (inʹ i jan)