taan

See also: tån, tʼaan, tään, and Taan

English

Etymology

From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).

Noun

taan (plural taans)

1. (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 147:

     Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

Anagrams

• naat, anta, Nata, NAAT, AANT, anat., ANTA, Anat, Tana, tana

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈta.ʔan̪]
• Hyphenation: ta‧an

Noun

táan (Basahan spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

1. bait; decoy

   Synonym: paon

Derived terms

• magtaan
• taanan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tan, from Old French tan, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

taan f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning

Derived terms

• tanig

Related terms

• tanen

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “taan”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaan/
• Rhymes: -aan
• Syllabification: ta‧an

Adjective

taan

1. accusative singular of taa

Finnish

Noun

taan

1. genitive singular of taka

Anagrams

• -ntaa, nata

Noone

Noun

taan (plural táán)

1. ash

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Nyunga

Verb

taan

1. to pierce, to penetrate, to make an opening

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of tahan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪], /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔan, -an
• Syllabification: ta‧an

Noun

taan or taán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

1. reserve (for future use)

   Synonyms: laan, reserba

2. act of reserving (for future use)

   Synonyms: pagtataan, paglalaan, pagrereserba

Derived terms

• itaan
• magpataan
• magtaan
• nakataan
• pagtataan
• pataan
• pataanan
• taanan
• tumaan

See also

• gahin

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap; to set a snare”). Compare Cebuano taon and Malay tahan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪], /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -an, -aʔan
• Syllabification: ta‧an

Noun

taán or taan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (fishing)

1. a type of fish trap made of a barricade of stones and split bamboo (for catching fish in coral reefs)
2. long lines for inland water fishing

   Synonym: kitang

3. act of setting up such a fish trap

   Synonym: pagtataan

Derived terms

• pagtataan
• taanan

Further reading

• “taan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• anta

Tetum

Noun

taan

1. layer
2. fold

Volapük

Etymology

From ta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˀan/

Noun

taan (genitive taana, plural taans)

1. opponent, antagonist

Inflection

Declension of taan

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	taan	taans
Genitive	taana	taanas
Dative	taane	taanes
Accusative	taani	taanis
Predicative1	taanu	taanus
Vocative	o taan	o taans

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Yucatec Maya

Noun

táan

1. (anatomy) chest