taan

See also: tån and tään

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi तान (tān)/(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu تان‎ (tān).

Noun

taan (plural taans)

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

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

taan f (uncountable)

1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning.

Derived terms

• tanen
• tanig

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Finnish

Noun

taan

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of taka

Anagrams

• -ntaa, nata

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Noone

Noun

taan (plural táán)

1. ash

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

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Tetum

Noun

taan

1. layer
2. fold

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Volapük

Etymology

From ta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˀan/

Noun

taan (nominative plural taans)

1. opponent, antagonist

Inflection

declension of taan

	singular	plural
nominative	taan	taans
genitive	taana	taanas
dative	taane	taanes
accusative	taani	taanis
vocative 1	o taan!	o taans!
predicative 2	taanu	taanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

táan

1. (anatomy) chest