zan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çan
• çã
• san

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san/

Particle

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.
   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della:

     Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • Late 17C: annals of Puebla

     niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

• za

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
• Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.

Gun

Etymology 1

Cognates include Fon zàn, Saxwe Gbe ojàn (“mat”)

Alternative forms

• òzàn, ozàn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zã̀/

Noun

zàn (plural zàn lɛ́ or zàn lẹ́)

1. bed
2. mat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-zã́. Cognates include Fon zǎn, Saxwe Gbe ozàn, Adja ezan, Ewe za

Alternative forms

• ozán, òzán

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zã́/

Noun

zán (plural zán lɛ́ or zán lẹ́)

1. night

Derived terms

• Zángbètɔ́ (“Zangbeto”)
• Zángbètọ́ (“Zangbeto”)
• zánmɛ̀ (“night/in the night”)
• zánmẹ̀ (“night/in the night”)

 

Indonesian

Noun

zan (first-person possessive zanku, second-person possessive zanmu, third-person possessive zannya)

1. doubt

Japanese

Romanization

zan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ざん

Kamakan

Alternative forms

• sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

1. (Kamakan) water

References

• Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

Mandarin

Romanization

zan (zan⁵／zan⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄢ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喒／咱, 偺／咱

zan

1. Nonstandard spelling of zān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of zàn.

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 High German

Alternative forms

• zant

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German zan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈt͡s̄an/

Noun

zan m

1. tooth

   Sîner zene glîʒ ist wîʒer danne milch.

   The shine of his teeth is whiter than milk.

   rôter munt mit wîʒen zenen wol bezinnet

   red mouth well surrounded by white teeth as merlons

Declension

Declension of zan (masculine, class 2 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	zan	die	zene
genitive	eines	dës	zanes	dër	zene
dative	eime	dëm	zane	dën	zenen
accusative	einen	dën	zan	die	zene

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Zah
• Bavarian: Zåhn, Zant
• Central Franconian: Zank, Zand

  Kölsch: Zant

• German: Zahn
  • → Central Franconian: Zahn
• Hunsrik: Zaan
• Luxembourgish: Zant
• Pennsylvania German: Zaah
• Swabian: Zah, Zai
• Vilamovian: cōn
• Yiddish: צאָן (tson)

Old High German

Noun

zan m

1. Alternative form of zand

Declension

Declension of zan (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	zan	zani
accusative	zan	zani
genitive	zanes	zano
dative	zane	zanim, zanen
instrumental	zanu	—

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظن, from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

Noun

zan (definite accusative zannı, plural zanlar)

1. suspicion, presumption, supposition

See also

• zannetmek
• zannetme

References

• “zan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Zou

Adverb

zan

1. down

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45