pán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Czech

Alternative forms

• pan (when used before a name, title, occuption etc)

Etymology

From Old Czech pán, from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ. Cognate with Polish pan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːn]
• Hyphenation: pán
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

pán m anim

1. Mr
2. man, gentleman
3. master (someone who has control over something or someone)
4. master (owner of an animal or slave)
5. lord

Declension

Declension of pán

	singular	plural
nominative	pán	pánové, páni
genitive	pána	pánů
dative	pánovi, pánu	pánům
accusative	pána	pány
vocative	páne	pánové, páni
locative	pánovi, pánu	pánech
instrumental	pánem	pány

Derived terms

• pánský
• pánův

See also

• sluha
• otrok
• kmán
• dáma

Further reading

• pán in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pán in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

pán (pan², Zhuyin ㄆㄢˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媻.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幋.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廿.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搫.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柈.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槃.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樆.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泾.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潒.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀇.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀊.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爾.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 番.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皡.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盘, 盤.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磐.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磻.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緇.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縏.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 績.
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胖.
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舢.
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒰.
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螋.
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟠.
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覍.
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跘.
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹐.
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹣, 蹒.
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄱.
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎜.
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞶.

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Old Czech

Alternative forms

• hpán, pan (when used before a name, title, occuption etc)

Noun

pán m

1. man, gentleman
2. master
3. lord

Declension

Declension (pattern pán)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pán	pány, pána	páni, pánové (pánoví), pánie (pání), páné
genitive	pána	pánú (pánou)	pánóv (pánuov), pán
dative	pánu, pánovi	pánoma, pánama	pánóm (pánuom, pánům)
accusative	pána, pán	pány, pána	pány
vocative	páne	pány, pána	páni, pánové (pánoví), pánie (pání), páné
locative	páně, pánu, pánovi	pánú (pánou)	pániech (páních), pánech
instrumental	pánem	pánoma, pánama	pány

Descendants

• Czech: pán

Further reading

• “pán”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

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Slovak

Etymology

From unattested *hpán (compare Old Czech hpán), from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːn/

Noun

pán m (genitive singular pána, nominative plural páni, genitive plural pánov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. lord
2. mister
3. sir
4. ruler
5. gentleman, eg. dámy a páni = ladies and gentlemen
6. Used before any title when addressing a male person.

Declension

Declension of pán

	singular	plural
nominative	pán	páni
genitive	pána	pánov
dative	pánovi	pánom
accusative	pána	pánov
vocative	pane	páni
locative	pánovi	pánoch
instrumental	pánom	pánmi

Derived terms

• Pán
• Pane Bože! (My God!)
• pán Kováč (Mr. Smith)
• pán profesor (Professor)
• pán doktor (Doctor)
• pán kráľ (Lord King, i.e. Sire)

Further reading

• pán in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk