саан

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *saqʌn (“fault; guilty”), etymology unclear. Either derived from Proto-Ketic *saq ~ *sax (“weight”) with Proto-Ketic *-ʌn (adjectivising suffix) appended, or derived from Proto-Yeniseian *saq ~ *saga (“squirrel”) with Proto-Yeniseian *-pʰan (caritive suffix) appended. For the latter potential etymology, see the Wikipedia entry Siberian fur trade for historical context, where not having squirrels pelts could mean 'being at fault'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /³saːn/, [saːn˩˥˧] ~ /⁵saqan/, [sa˩˧ʁan˧]

Noun

саан ~ саӷан (sáàn ~ sáqan) n (no plural)

1. fault, mistake; imprisonment, arrest

Adjective

саан ~ саӷан (sáàn ~ sáqan)

1. faulty, mistaken; guilty

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 163
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 333

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صحن (sahn), from Arabic صَحْن (ṣaḥn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaan]
• Rhymes: -aan
• Hyphenation: са‧ан

Noun

саан • (saan) m (plural саани, diminutive саанче)

1. shallow copper bowl

Declension

Declension of саан

	singular	plural
indefinite	саан (saan)	саани (saani)
definite unspecified	саанот (saanot)	сааните (saanite)
definite proximal	саанов (saanov)	сааниве (saanive)
definite distal	саанон (saanon)	саанине (saanine)
vocative	саану (saanu)	саани (saani)
count form	—	саана (saana)

References

• “саан” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Yakut

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yān-. Cognate to Gagauz yaanmaa (“to threaten”).

Verb

саан • (saan)

1. to threaten

   Киниэхэ куруутун саанар.

   Kinieqe kuruutun saanar.

   He threatens him all the time.

Further reading

• In Sakhatyla.com