avan

See also: -avan and avan-

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. A relation to avani (“harassment, act of violence”) cannot be ignored, although it's considered an Italian loanword. First attested in 1685 by Bogdani: "...mbasandaj për avant e turit, anëmijtë tanë të pakorët." The word was attested nowhere else.^[1]

Noun

avan m

(obsolete) tyrant; oppressor

References

^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “avan”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Cornish

Etymology

Compare Welsh afan. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

avan (collective, singulative avanen f)

raspberries

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French avant, Italian avanti, ultimately from Latin ante. Compare Esperanto antaŭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈavan/

Preposition

avan

in front of, ahead of, before (in space)
Me es avan il en la serio.
I am in front of him in the queue.

Antonyms

dop (“behind, after (in place), (US) back of”)

Paronyms

ante (“before (of time), earlier than”)

Sie

Verb

avan

to walk

References

Crowley, Terry. “An Erromangan (Sye) dictionary.” (2000).
Crowley, T. (1998). An erromangan (Sye) grammar. University of Hawaii Press.

[1] Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “avan”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

[1]