jan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jan"

Translingual

Symbol

jan

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Janday.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Janday terms

English

Alternative forms

• jân, jann

Etymology

From Arabic جَنّ (jann)

Noun

jan

1. Obsolete form of jinn.
   • 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta:

     He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

See also

• jan ken po

Anagrams

• JNA, Jna.

Balinese

Alternative forms

• ejan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

jan (Balinese script ᬚᬦ᭄)

1. ladder
2. stair

References

• “jan”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒã˦ã˨]

Noun

jan

1. trap (device to catch animals)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *j-a(n)-, from the root *-a(n)-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟan/ [ɟãn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xan/ [xãn]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xan/ [xãn]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒan/ [d͡ʒãn]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jan/ [jãn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: jan
• (Soule) IPA^(key): [ʒan]

Noun

jan inan

1. food

   Synonym: janari

Declension

Declension of jan (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	jan	jana	janak	janok
ergative	janek	janak	janek	janok
dative	jani	janari	janei	janoi
genitive	janen	janaren	janen	janon
comitative	janekin	janarekin	janekin	janokin
causative	janengatik	janarengatik	janengatik	janongatik
benefactive	janentzat	janarentzat	janentzat	janontzat
instrumental	janez	janaz	janez	janotaz
innesive	janetan	janean	janetan	janotan
locative	janetako	janeko	janetako	janotako
allative	janetara	janera	janetara	janotara
terminative	janetaraino	janeraino	janetaraino	janotaraino
directive	janetarantz	janerantz	janetarantz	janotarantz
destinative	janetarako	janerako	janetarako	janotarako
ablative	janetatik	janetik	janetatik	janotatik
partitive	janik	—	—	—
prolative	jantzat	—	—	—

Verb

jan du (imperfect participle jaten, future participle jango or janen, short form jan, verbal noun jate)

1. to eat
2. to eat away, corrode

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “jan”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “jan”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

jan

1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Catalan

Etymology

Shortening of Joan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒan]

Noun

jan m (plural jans)

1. only used in bon jan

Further reading

• “jan” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “jan”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yan, jain, yain, ian, iain

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaŋ/

Noun

jan m (plural jain or jein)

1. year

Related terms

• jein

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

jan m (plural jans)

1. Each of the two tables in trictrac

   Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.

   I filled my grand jan by doublet: six points for me.

Further reading

• “jan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French genre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒã/

Noun

jan

1. type, sort, kind (of)
2. genre

Derived terms

• ki jan

Japanese

Romanization

jan

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

Swedish

Noun

jan

1. January; abbreviation of januari

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

Anagrams

• nja

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjan/ [ˈd̪jan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: jan

Adverb

jan (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔) (text messaging, colloquial)

1. alternative spelling of diyan

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒã̀/

Noun

jàn

1. to bang something with another
2. (idiomatic) to fail an examination or test

Derived terms

• jànmọ́