Gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 贛語／赣语 (gànyǔ, “the Gan language”).

Proper noun

Gan

1. traditional abbreviation for Jiangxi province
2. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province

Translations

one of Sinitic languages

• Arabic: كَن‏‎ m (kan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 贛語, 赣语 (gam³ jyu⁵), 江西話, 江西话 (gong¹ sai¹ waa²)

  Gan: ^{(please verify)} 贛語, ^{(please verify)} 赣语 (gon ua), 江西話, 江西话 (kong si ua)

  Hakka: 贛語, 赣语 (Kàm-ngî)

  Mandarin: 贛語 (zh), 赣语 (zh) (gànyǔ), 江西話, 江西话 (jiāngxīhuà)

  Min Dong: 贛語, 赣语 (Gáng-ngṳ̄)

  Min Nan: 贛語, 赣语 (Kàm-gí / Kàm-gú)

  Wu: 贛語, 赣语 (koe nyy)

• French: gan (fr) m
• German: Gan (de) n
• Japanese: カン語 (kango), 贛語 (ja) (かんご, kango)
• Korean: 간어 (ganeo)
• Russian: гань m (ganʹ), цзянси́йский m (czjansíjskij) (диале́кт, язы́к)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Cám, Cám ngữ

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Gan, gan
• Wiktionary's coverage of Gan terms

Anagrams

• AGN, ANG, GNA, NGA, nag