kan

See also: Kan, Kan., kān, kǎn, kàn, kán, k'an, kʼän, kañ, kań, káň, káⁿ, káŋ, kän, kän-, and -kan

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kan (plural kans)

1. Archaic form of khan.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 貫.

Noun

kan (plural kan)

1. A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
   • 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:

     After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]

Anagrams

• NAK, NKA, nak, nka

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kan, singular of kunnen, from Middle Dutch cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/

Verb

kan (present kan, past kon)

1. can

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Alak

Noun

kan

1. (Harak) woman

Alternative forms

• akan (Alak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

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Awar

Noun

kan

1. tree

Further reading

• Catherine Levy, Language Research in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Awar (2005)

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Bambara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã˦ã˨]

Noun

kan

1. (anatomy) neck

References

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

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Basque

Noun

kan

1. inessive singular of ka

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Bikol Central

Preposition

kan

1. Of—objective marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names.

   harong kan panadero

   house of the baker

   agom kan lalaki

   wife of the man

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Breton

Noun

kan m

1. song

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Chuukese

Determiner

kan

1. (possessive subject marker) these

Related terms

• ekkan

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰanˀ], [ˈkʰan], [ˈkʰa]
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

kan

1. present of kunne

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑn/

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• Hyphenation: kan
• Rhymes: -ɑn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch canne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kan f (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. jug
2. pot (for tea, coffee, etc.)
3. can (cylindrical vessel)

Derived terms

• bierkan
• koffiekan
• melkkan
• stroopkan
• waterkan
• wijnkan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kan
• Negerhollands: kanintśi (from the diminutive)
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kaninsti (dated)
• → Japanese: 缶
• → Papiamentu: kanika (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (xān, “Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.

Noun

kan m (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. khan (Turkish or Mongol ruler)

Derived terms

• kanaat

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kan

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
2. imperative of kunnen
3. (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen

Synonyms

• (present singular): kunt (2 sg.)- more formal

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French

Noun

kan m (plural kans)

1. "khan"

Further reading

• “kan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

kan (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. blood

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German

Verb

kan

1. Obsolete spelling of kann

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

Synonyms

• kilè

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒn]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

Noun

kan (plural kanok)

1. male (of dogs)

   Antonym: szuka

2. boar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kan	kanok
accusative	kant	kanokat
dative	kannak	kanoknak
instrumental	kannal	kanokkal
causal-final	kanért	kanokért
translative	kanná	kanokká
terminative	kanig	kanokig
essive-formal	kanként	kanokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kanban	kanokban
superessive	kanon	kanokon
adessive	kannál	kanoknál
illative	kanba	kanokba
sublative	kanra	kanokra
allative	kanhoz	kanokhoz
elative	kanból	kanokból
delative	kanról	kanokról
ablative	kantól	kanoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kané	kanoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kanéi	kanokéi

Possessive forms of kan
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kanom	kanjaim
2nd person sing.	kanod	kanjaid
3rd person sing.	kanja	kanjai
1st person plural	kanunk	kanjaink
2nd person plural	kanotok	kanjaitok
3rd person plural	kanjuk	kanjaik

Derived terms

• kanász
• kanos

 

Compound words

• vadkan

 

Further reading

• kan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

Verb

kan

1. to eat

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Japanese

Romanization

kan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かん
2. Rōmaji transcription of カン

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Kera

Noun

kan

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]

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Kholosi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇá).

Noun

kan ?

1. (anatomy) ear

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[2], pages 13-36

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Lacandon

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Noun

kan

1. snake

Derived terms

• akꞌir chuj kan
• bʌkcheꞌkan
• chʌk kan
• ekꞌeꞌkan
• jach kan
• jachkan
• komir
• ruꞌkan
• yotꞌer kan

 

References

• Baer, Phillip; Baer, Mary; Chan Kꞌin, Manuel; Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)‎^[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of bukan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Adverb

kan

1. isn't it?

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Mandarin

Romanization

kan

1. Nonstandard spelling of kān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

Verb

kan

1. to eat

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

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Middle English

Noun

kan

1. Alternative form of canne

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

kan

1. present of kunne
2. can; may; be able to

   kan ikke ― cannot, can't

Etymology 2

Noun

kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kaner, definite plural kanene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by khan

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kann.

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 1938) kann

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna and kunne

Etymology 2

Noun

kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kanar, definite plural kanane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by khan

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Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “ear”). Cognate with Hindi कान (kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).

Noun

kan m (plural kana)

1. ear

References

• Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[4], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “kan, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 150

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Seimat

Noun

kan

1. water; fresh water

References

• Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

kȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

1. khan

Declension

Declension of kan

	singular	plural
nominative	kan	kánovi
genitive	kana	kanova
dative	kanu	kanovima
accusative	kana	kanove
vocative	kane	kanovi
locative	kanu	kanovima
instrumental	kanom	kanovima

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Somali

Determiner

kan

1. this (masculine)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanː/

• audio

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Verb

kan

1. present of kunna

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cunt.

Noun

kan

1. (vulgar) cunt (female genitalia)
2. (vulgar) cunt (term of abuse)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قان‎ (kan, “blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn/

Noun

kan (definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)

1. blood
2. (dialectal) kitchen

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kan
Definite accusative	kanı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kan	kanlar
Definite accusative	kanı	kanları
Dative	kana	kanlara
Locative	kanda	kanlarda
Ablative	kandan	kanlardan
Genitive	kanın	kanların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kanım kanlarım 2nd singular kanın kanların 3rd singular kanı kanları 1st plural kanımız kanlarımız 2nd plural kanınız kanlarınız 3rd plural kanları kanları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kanımı kanlarımı 2nd singular kanını kanlarını 3rd singular kanını kanlarını 1st plural kanımızı kanlarımızı 2nd plural kanınızı kanlarınızı 3rd plural kanlarını kanlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kanıma kanlarıma 2nd singular kanına kanlarına 3rd singular kanına kanlarına 1st plural kanımıza kanlarımıza 2nd plural kanınıza kanlarınıza 3rd plural kanlarına kanlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kanımda kanlarımda 2nd singular kanında kanlarında 3rd singular kanında kanlarında 1st plural kanımızda kanlarımızda 2nd plural kanınızda kanlarınızda 3rd plural kanlarında kanlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kanımdan kanlarımdan 2nd singular kanından kanlarından 3rd singular kanından kanlarından 1st plural kanımızdan kanlarımızdan 2nd plural kanınızdan kanlarınızdan 3rd plural kanlarından kanlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kanımın kanlarımın 2nd singular kanının kanlarının 3rd singular kanının kanlarının 1st plural kanımızın kanlarımızın 2nd plural kanınızın kanlarınızın 3rd plural kanlarının kanlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kanım kanlarım 2nd singular kansın kanlarsın 3rd singular kan kandır kanlar kanlardır 1st plural kanız kanlarız 2nd plural kansınız kanlarsınız 3rd plural kanlar kanlardır

Related terms

• kanlı
• kansız
• kanlık
• kanlanmak

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Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 看.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰɑ]

Verb

kan

1. to look

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[5], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

Verb

kan

1. to eat

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Yoruba

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

	10
	1	2  →
Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení     Counting: oókan     Adjectival: kan, méní     Ordinal: kìíní     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan     Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan     Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan

Etymology

Derived from oókan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kã̄/

Adjective

kan

1. one

Derived terms

• ẹ̀ẹ̀kan

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Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• can (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *koohng-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkan]

Numeral

kan

1. four

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Can. Quatro. 4.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, pages 60, 203