Chadian

See also: chādiǎn, chádiǎn, chádiàn, and chàdiǎn

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Chad

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Chadian

From Chad + -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃædiən/

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Adjective

Chadian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Chad, a country in Africa.
   • 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Cameroonian and Chadian soldiers stationed there managed to kill 150 invaders. Among them was the son of Ahmadou Moustafa, a Fotokol resident.

Derived terms

• Chadian Arabic

Translations

pertaining to Chad

• Afrikaans: Tsjadies, Tsjaads
• Arabic: تْشَادِيّ (tšādiyy)
• Asturian: chadianu (ast)
• Catalan: txadià (ca)
• Czech: čadský (cs)
• Dutch: Tsjadisch (nl)
• Finnish: tšadilainen (fi)
• French: tchadien (fr)
• Galician: chadiano (gl)
• German: tschadisch (de)
• Hindi: चाडी (cāḍī)
• Hungarian: csádi
• Irish: Seadach
• Italian: ciadiano m
• Macedonian: чадски (čadski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tsjadisk (no)

  Nynorsk: tsjadisk (nn)

• Polish: czadyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: chadiano (pt), tchadiano
• Romanian: ciadian
• Russian: ча́дский (ru) (čádskij)
• Spanish: chadiano (es)
• Swedish: tchadisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: ча́дський (uk) (čádsʹkyj)
• Welsh: Tsiadaidd

Noun

Chadian (plural Chadians)

1. A person from Chad or of Chadian descent.
   • 2012 April 18, David McKenzie, “Chad’s migrant workers pay price for Libya conflict”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     He is one of the tens of thousands of Chadians who fled last year’s fighting in Libya and are now back in their homeland.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

person from Chad

• Afrikaans: Tsjadiër
• Arabic: تْشَادِيّ m (tšādiyy), تْشَادِيَّة f (tšādiyya)
• Asturian: chadianu (ast) m, chadiana (ast) f
• Catalan: txadià (ca) m
• Czech: Čaďan (cs) m
• Dutch: Tsjadiër (nl) m, Tsjadische (nl) f
• Finnish: tšadilainen (fi)
• French: Tchadien (fr)
• Galician: chadiano (gl) m
• German: Tschader (de) m, Tschaderin (de) f
• Hindi: चाडी m or f (cāḍī)
• Hungarian: csádi
• Irish: Seadach m
• Italian: ciadiano m, ciadiana f
• Japanese: チャド人 (Chadojin)
• Korean: 차드인 (chadeu'in), 차드 사람 (chadeu saram)
• Macedonian: Чаѓанец m (Čaǵanec), Чаѓанка f (Čaǵanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tsjader (no) m

  Nynorsk: tsjadar (nn) m

• Polish: Czadyjczyk (pl) m pers, Czadyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: chadiano (pt) m, tchadiano m
• Romanian: ciadian m, ciadiană f
• Russian: жи́тель Ча́да m (žítelʹ Čáda), жи́тельница Ча́да f (žítelʹnica Čáda), ча́дец (ru) m (čádec), ча́дка (ru) f (čádka)
• Spanish: chadiano (es) m
• Swahili: Mchadi (sw)
• Swedish: tchadier (sv) c
• Turkish: Çadlı (tr)
• Welsh: Tsiadiad m

Proper noun

Chadian

1. (geology) An age from 345.3 ± 2.1 to 341 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.

Anagrams

• daincha