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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡan/

Proper noun

Gan m pers, f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.

Declension

Masculine surname:

declension of Gan

	singular	plural
nominative	Gan	Ganowie
genitive	Gana	Ganów
dative	Ganowi	Ganom
accusative	Gana	Ganów
instrumental	Ganem	Ganami
locative	Ganie	Ganach
vocative	Ganie	Ganowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Romanization of Hokkien 嚴／严 (Gân, “Yan”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡan/

Proper noun

Gan

1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 24,683 individuals.