zan

See also: zán, zàn, zān, zǎn, zaň, zań, and Zań

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çan
• çã
• san

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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, ...

   • 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.

   • 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.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

1. Only; merely; just; but.

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Japanese

Romanization

zan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ざん

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Kamakan

Alternative forms

• sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

1. (Kamakan) water

References

• Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

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Mandarin

Romanization

zan (zan⁵／zan⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄢ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

zan

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zān.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zán.
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of zǎn.
4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• zant

Etymology

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

Noun

zan m

1. tooth

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Zah

  Bern: Ton

  Swabian: Zah, Zai

• Bavarian: Zant
• Central Franconian: Zank, Zand

  Kölsch: Zant

• German: Zahn
  • → Central Franconian: Zahn
• Luxembourgish: Zant
• Vilamovian: cōn
• Yiddish: צאָן (tson)

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Old High German

Noun

zan m

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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	—