Shan

See also: shan, shán, shàn, shān, shǎn, and s'han

English

Several Shan people participate in a deer ceremony.

Etymology 1

From Burmese ရှမ်း (hram:), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam). Doublet of Siam.

Noun

Shan (plural Shans or Shan)

1. A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.

Translations

• Note: These are translations for the plural.

Shan people

• Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး (hram:lu-myui:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撣／掸 (zh), 掸 (zh)

• Finnish: shanit pl, shan-kansa
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• Lao: ໄທເໜືອ (thai nư̄a), ແງ້ວ (ngǣu), ງ້ຽວ (ngiāu)
• Lü: ᦺᦑᦇᦲᧁᧉ (tayngiiw²), ᦇᦲᧁᧉ (ngiiw²)
• Mon: သေံ
• Shan: တႆး (tái)
• Thai: ไทใหญ่ (th) (tai-yài), ชาวไทใหญ่ (th) (chaaw thai yài), ไต๊โหลง (tái lŏng), ฉาน (th) (chǎan), เงี้ยว (th) (ngíao)

Proper noun

Shan

1. The language of this people, of the Kra-Dai language family.
2. A state of Thailand.

Translations

Shan language

• Burmese: ရှမ်းဘာသာ (hram:bhasa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撣語／掸语 (shànyǔ), 掸语 (shànyǔ)

• Finnish: shan (fi)
• Lao: ພາສາໄທໃຫຍ່ (phā sā thai nyai), ພາສາໄທເໜືອ (phā sā thai nư̄a)
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• Lü: ᦅᧄᦇᦲᧁᧉ (kamngiiw²)
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
• Northern Thai: กำไต (kam tai), กำเงี้ยว (kam ngiao) (vulgar)
• Shan: လိၵ်ႈတႆး (līk tái), ၵႂၢမ်းတႆး (kwáam tái)
• Thai: ภาษาไทใหญ่ (th) (phaasǎǎ thai yài), ภาษาเงี้ยว (phasa ngiaw) (vulgar)

Adjective

Shan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Shan people or the Shan language.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Shan, shn ⁠

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝／陕 (shǎn).

Proper noun

Shan

1. The Shan Pass: a mountain pass in Shanzhou, Henan, through which the Yellow River flows into the North China Plain.

Anagrams

• HANS, HNAs, Hans, NASH, Nash, nash