شان

See also: ـشان, شأن, and سان

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːn/

Noun

شَان • (šān) m

1. Old Hijazi form of شَأْن (šaʔn)

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: شَان (šān)

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːn/

Noun

شان (şan)

1. shoulder

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish شان (şān), from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn, “estimation, honor, dignity”).

Noun

شان • (şan) (definite accusative شانی (şanı), plural شانلر (şanlar))

1. consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held

   Synonyms: اعتبار (i’tibâr), اوك (üñ), شهرت (şöhret), صان (san)

2. fame, glory, renown, celebrity, famosity, eminence, distinction, éclat, the state of being famous, succesful or talked-about

   Synonyms: اوك (üñ), شهرت (şöhret)

3. dignity, honor, the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous, excellence of character

   Synonyms: اورند (evrend), شرف (şeref), ناموس (namus)

4. display, pomp, parade, any ostentatious show of magnificence, especially of a variety of people or things paraded around

   Synonyms: دبدبه (debdebe), طنطنه (tantana), نمایش (nümayiş)

Derived terms

• شان دولت (şan-ı devlet, “State honor”)
• شان عسكری (şan-ı ʼaskerî, “military honor”)
• شان قزانمق (şan kazanmak, “to acquire fame”)
• شان ویرمك (şan vermek, “to make famous”)
• شانلو (şanlı, “famous, renowned”)
• شانندن اولمق (şanından olmak, “to be worthy of”)
• شاننه یاقشمق (şanına yakışmak, “to be worthy of one's dignity”)
• شانی (şanî, “pertaining to fame”)
• عالیشان (ʼâlişan, “high in dignity, illustrious”)

Descendants

• Turkish: şan
• → Albanian: shan

Further reading

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• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “şan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “شان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 134
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “şan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4426
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “şân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1171
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “شان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 716
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Conditio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 235
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “شان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2775
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “şan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “شان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1111

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn).

Noun

شان • (śān) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਨ)

1. glory
2. grandeur
3. pomp, glamour

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

شان • (šān) m

1. pomp, glory, grandeur
2. power, authority, rank, eminence
3. (rare) honeycomb, beehive

References

• “شان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.