angan

See also: ångan and aŋan

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• anganu, ngan, nganu, ngãnescu, nginescu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannō (“I trick, deceive, mock, ridicule”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin *ganno or ganniō. Compare Romanian îngâna, îngân (“imitate, mimic, parody; delude oneself, mix up”). The semantics of this verb have shifted far from the original meaning in Latin, and also further than in Daco-Romanian, where the primary sense is to imitate or mimic; presumably from Proto-Romanian, the it shifted to the specific sense of calling an animal within Aromanian.

Verb

angan (past participle angãnatã)

1. I call (an animal).

Related terms

• angãnari / angãnare
• angãnat

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈauŋkan/

Noun

angan f (genitive singular anganar, no plural)

1. pleasant scent, aroma

Declension

declension of angan

f-s2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	angan	anganin
accusative	angan	anganina
dative	angan	anganinni
genitive	anganar	anganarinnar

Synonyms

• (pleasant scent): ilmur

Related terms

• anga (“to smell pleasant”)
• angandi (“pleasant-smelling”)

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Middle Low German

Etymology

From an- +‎ gan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɣɒːn/

Verb

angân

1. to approach

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Old Norse

Etymology

From anga (“to emit odour or fragrance”) +‎ -an.

Noun

angan f (genitive anganar, plural anganir)

1. sweet odour

   angan Friggjar

   the love of Frigg

Declension

  Declension of angan (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	angan	anganin	anganir	anganirnar
accusative	angan	anganina	anganir	anganirnar
dative	angan	anganinni	ǫngunum	ǫngununum
genitive	anganar	anganarinnar	angana	angananna

Related terms

• ang
• angi

References

• “angan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press