چان

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

• جان (jān /⁠čān⁠/)

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːn/

Adverb

چان • (čān)

1. (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)

   رحت المحاضرة متأخر چان الدكتورة تزفني

   I went to the lecture late and hence the professor scolded me

2. used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)

   -شسويتي بالامتحان؟
   -زفّت
   -چان ييتي درستي معانا بالمكتبة

   -What (how) did you do in the test?
   -I screwed up
   -Why didn't you come study with us in the library

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaːn/

Adverb

چان (čān)

1. (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
2. used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)

Verb

چان (čān) I (non-past يصير (yṣīr))

1. to be

Khalaj

Noun

چان (çân) (definite accusative چانؽ, plural چانلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çân (“a kind of threshing machine”)

Declension

Declension of چان

	singular	plural
nominative	چان	چانلار
genitive	چانؽݧ	چانلارؽݧ
dative	چانقا	چانلارقا
definite accusative	چانؽ	چانلارؽ
locative	چانچا	چانلارچا
ablative	چاندا	چانلاردا
instrumental	چانلا	چانلارلا
equative	چانوارا	چانلاروارا