ngan

See also: Ngan, ngàn, ngân, Ngân, and ngắn

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of dengan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋan/
• Rhymes: -an

Preposition

ngan (Jawi spelling ڠن)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of dengan.

   Kau gi ngan siapa?

   Who are you going with?

Ngambay

Pronunciation

• Audio (Chad)

  (file)

Noun

ngan

1. (anatomy) tooth

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

Noun

ngān

1. name

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雁 (“wild goose”, SV: nhạn). Doublet of nhạn.

Likely meant "wild goose" initially.

Sense "muscovy duck" (from the Americas) is attested in Phạm Đình Hổ's 1827 dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談 "Common Words Used Daily") , wherein ngan 鴳 was glossed as 赤靣鴨 (SV: xích diện áp) "red-faced duck" [1].

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) ngan • (岸, 狺, 鴳, 𪃛, 𪇩)

1. Muscovy duck

Synonyms

• vịt xiêm

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋan/, [ˈŋan]

Conjunction

ngán

1. and

   Synonym: ug

Zou

Noun

ngan

1. request

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf