stan

See also: Stan, śtan, stán, ştan, -stan, stan', and -стан

English

Etymology 1

Derived from the 2000 hip-hop song song "Stan" by the American rapper Eminem, a fictional account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan of him. It has a back-formed etymology as a blend of stalker +‎ fan.

Pronunciation

• (UK, North America) IPA^(key): /stæn/
• enPR: stăn

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. (slang, sometimes derogatory) A maniacally obsessive fan of a celebrity, particularly one whose fixation with the celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
   • 2011, Vanessa Spates, "Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:

     I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans, […]

   • 2013, "Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:

     I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.

   • 2013, Jake Folsom, "Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News, Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:

     Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

Hypernyms

• megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan

Verb

stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)

1. To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:stan.

Etymology 2

• Back formation from names of countries that end with -stan.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɑːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɑn/
• enPR: stän

Noun

stan (plural stans)

1. Singular form of the generic term stans meaning some ex-Soviet countries and their neighbours whose name ends with "-stan" such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
   • 2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter Olympics in human rights nightmare”, in The Guardian‎^[[1]]:
   • This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan.

Anagrams

• ASNT, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Proto-Slavic *stanъ (“lodging”) (compare Bulgarian стан (stan) ‘camp’, Serbo-Croatian ста̑н (stȃn) ‘apartment’); Romanian stână and Greek στάνη (stáni) also from Slavic.

Noun

stan m

1. shepherd's hut
2. pen (for sheep)

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m

1. tent

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanů
dative	stanu	stanům
accusative	stan	stany
vocative	stane	stany
locative	stanu	stanech
instrumental	stanem	stany

Further reading

• stan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• stan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Middle English

Noun

stan (plural stanes or stan)

1. Alternative form of stone

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: staen
  • Dutch: staan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no-, *stih₂-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh₂- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn, Old Dutch stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Slavic *stēnā- (Bulgarian and Russian стена (stena), Czech stěna (“wall”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɑːn/

Noun

stān m

1. stone

Declension

Declension of stan (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stān	stānas
accusative	stān	stānas
genitive	stānes	stāna
dative	stāne	stānum

Derived terms

• stānbeorg
• stānbill
• stānclif
• stānclūd
• stāncnoll
• stāncynn
• stānfāh
• stānfæt
• stānġiella
• stānhīewet
• stānhliþ
• stāniġ

Descendants

• Middle English: stone, ston, stan
  • English: stone
  • Scots: stane
  • Yola: sthoan

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• standan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stāną.

Verb

stān

1. to stand

Conjugation

Conjugation of stān (irregular)

infinitive	stān
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*stā	stōd
2nd person singular	stēs	stōdi
3rd person singular	stēd	stōd
plural	stād	stōdun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*stāe	stōdi
2nd person singular	*stāes	stōdis
3rd person singular	*stāe	stōdi
plural	*stāen	stōdin
imperative	present
singular	stā
plural	stād
participle	present	past
	stāndi	gistandan, standan

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stan/

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Noun

stan m inan

1. state (of affairs), condition
2. state (political division of the United States)
3. (rare) state (sovereign polity)

Declension

declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanów
dative	stanowi	stanom
accusative	stan	stany
instrumental	stanem	stanami
locative	stanie	stanach
vocative	stanie	stany

Further reading

• stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stȁti (“to stand”), stȁviti (“to set, place”), stȁdo (“herd”) and stȏl (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

stȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ста̑н)

1. flat, apartment
2. loom (tkàlačkī stȃn)

Declension

Declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stȃn	stȁnovi
genitive	stana	stanova
dative	stanu	stanovima
accusative	stan	stanove
vocative	stane	stanovi
locative	stanu	stanovima
instrumental	stanom	stanovima

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:stan.

Derived terms

• stàmbenī
• stànār
  • sȕstanār
    • sȕstanārka

References

• “stan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2018

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stáť (“to stand”), staviť (“to set, place”), stádo (“herd”) and stôl (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstan/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

stan m (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tent
2. (slang) erection, hard-on

Declension

Declension of stan

	singular	plural
nominative	stan	stany
genitive	stanu	stanov
dative	stanu	stanom
accusative	stan	stany
locative	stane	stanoch
instrumental	stanom	stanmi

Further reading

• stan in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• sta'n

Etymology

Contraction of staden, definite singular of stad.

Noun

stan

1. (colloquial) the town, the city

   på stan

   downtown

Usage notes

• Stockholmers insist that stan always refers to Stockholm and no other cities. The phrase inte i stan (“not in the town”) to them means outside of Stockholm, but to other Swedes it means outside of any town, i.e. in the countryside.