Can

See also: can and Appendix:Variations of "can"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Can

1. A river in Essex, England, which joins the River Chelmer in Chelmsford; in full, the River Can.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần.

Proper noun

Can

1. A unisex given name from Vietnamese.
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     Police say Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, on Saturday night, before fatally shooting himself after a manhunt across the region on Sunday.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Can

1. Alternative spelling of Can.

Anagrams

• ANC, CNA, NAC, NCA

French

Proper noun

Can f

1. acronym of Coupe d'Afrique des nations; AFCON

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Tjan (chiefly 1901–1947)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 陳／陈 (Can⁴). Doublet of Chan.

Proper noun

Can

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Cantonese.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 曾 (Chan). Doublet of Chan.

Proper noun

Can

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien.

Occitan

Proper noun

Can

1. Caen (a city in Calvados department, France)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Homophone: can

Etymology 1

From can, from Ottoman Turkish جان, from Classical Persian جَان (jān, “soul, vital spirit, life”).

Noun

Can (definite accusative Canı, plural Canlar)

1. a male given name from Persian

Declension

Declension of Can

	singular	plural
nominative	Can	Canlar
definite accusative	Can'ı	Canları
dative	Can'a	Canlara
locative	Can'da	Canlarda
ablative	Can'dan	Canlardan
genitive	Can'ın	Canların

Possessive forms of Can

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Can'ım	Canlarım
senin (your)	Can'ın	Canların
onun (his/her/its)	Can'ı	Canları
bizim (our)	Can'ımız	Canlarımız
sizin (your)	Can'ınız	Canlarınız
onların (their)	Can'ı Canları	Canları

See also

• can

Etymology 2

Turkified version of the name Jan. From West Circassian джан (džan, “sharp, great”) and East Circassian жан (žan, “sharp, smart”). The name was altered to sound Turkish (resembling the Turkish word can) in order to avoid Kemalist bans on non-Turkish names and to make it easier to pronounce.

Proper noun

Can

1. a male given name from West Circassian, popular among Circassians in Turkey.