tân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tân – see 陳 (“to exhibit; to display; to explain; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 陳).

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 新 (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təŋ˧˧]

Adjective

tân

1. (compounds) new
2. (humorous) virgin

   gái tân ― a virgin girl or woman

   trai tân ― a virgin boy or man

Prefix

tân

1. used in the titles of modern serialized East Asian works of fiction to mean "this series is a reboot/remake/reimagining, or it tells a brand new story arc"

   Tân Dòng sông ly biệt ― Romance in the Rain (literally, “New River of Farewell”)

   Tân Thiết quyền tiểu tử ― New Ironfist Chinmi

Derived terms

• cách tân (革新)
• canh tân (更新)
• duy tân (維新)
• nghênh tân (迎新)
• ôn cố tri tân (溫故知新)
• tân binh (新兵)
• tân dược (新藥)
• Tân Đảo (新島)
• Tân Đề-li
• tân gia (新家)
• tân học (新學)
• tân hôn (新婚)
• tân khoa (新科)
• tân kì (新奇)
• tân lang (新郎)
• tân lịch (新曆)
• tân nhạc
• tân nhân (新人)
• tân niên (新年)
• tân phụ (新婦)
• tân sinh (新生)
• tân tạo (新造)
• Tân Thế Giới (新世界)
• tân thời (新時)
• tân thư
• tân tiến (新進)
• tân trang (新裝)
• tân trào (新潮)
• tân văn (新聞)
• tân xuân (新春)
• thanh tân (清新)
• tối tân (最新)
• tống cựu nghênh tân (從舊迎新)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tan, from Proto-Brythonic *tan, from Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”).

Compare Old Irish teine, Cornish tan and Breton tan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

tân m (plural tanau, diminutive tanen)

1. fire

Derived terms

• allanfa dân (“fire exit”)
• ar dân (“on fire”)
• arf tân (“firearm”)
• (literary) tanen (“match”)
• tân gwyllt (“fireworks”)
• maen tân, tanfaen (“marcasite, sulfur pyrites”)
• tanio (“to ignite”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tân

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tân	dân	nhân	thân

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “fire”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tân”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tân”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies