shan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Origin obscure. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”) or of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Romani origin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æn
Adjective
shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)
- (Geordie) unfair, harsh
- Here man! that's pure shan that like
- (Scotland, Hartlepool) poor, low-quality
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
shan
- Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
- Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)
Declension
Inflection of shan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | shanitta | shaneitta | |
instructive | — | shanein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
- shan-kansa (the Shan people)
Mandarin
Romanization
shan
- Nonstandard spelling of shān.
- Nonstandard spelling of shán.
- Nonstandard spelling of shǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of shàn.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Scots
Adjective
shan (comparative mair shan, superlative maist shan)
Somali
< 4 | 5 | 6 > |
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Cardinal : shan Ordinal : shanaad | ||
Numeral
shan
Categories:
- English terms derived from Romani
- Rhymes:English/æn
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- Geordie English
- Scottish English
- Teesside English
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin pinyin
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Scots lemmas
- Scots adjectives
- Somali lemmas
- Somali numerals