shan

See also: Shan, shán, shàn, shān, shǎn, and s'han

English

Alternative forms

• shand

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”) or of Romani origin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn

Adjective

shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)

1. (Tyneside) unfair, harsh

   Here man! that's pure shan that like

2. (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality

Synonyms

• (unfair): lenns (Geordie), unfair, unjust

Related terms

• shanny

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• HANS, HNAs, Hans, NASH, Nash, nash

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Finnish

Noun

shan

1. Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
2. Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)

Declension

Inflection of shan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		shan	shanit
genitive		shanin	shanien
partitive		shania	shaneja
illative		shaniin	shaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		shan	shanit
accusative	nom.	shan	shanit
	gen.	shanin
genitive		shanin	shanien
partitive		shania	shaneja
inessive		shanissa	shaneissa
elative		shanista	shaneista
illative		shaniin	shaneihin
adessive		shanilla	shaneilla
ablative		shanilta	shaneilta
allative		shanille	shaneille
essive		shanina	shaneina
translative		shaniksi	shaneiksi
instructive		—	shanein
abessive		shanitta	shaneitta
comitative		—	shaneineen

Possessive forms of shan (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	shanini	shanimme
2nd person	shanisi	shaninne
3rd person	shaninsa

Derived terms

• shan-kansa (the Shan people)

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Mandarin

Romanization

shan

1. Nonstandard spelling of shān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of shǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shàn.

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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Oromo

Numeral

shan

1. five.

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Scots

Adjective

shan (comparative mair shan, superlative maist shan)

1. (Edinburgh) unfair, harsh (as in Geordie)

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Somali

Somali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : shan     Ordinal : shanaad

Numeral

shan

1. five