tian

See also: Tian, tián, tiàn, tiān, tiǎn, tí'àn, and tiáⁿ

English

Etymology

French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Noun

tian (plural tians)

1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Anagrams

• Atin, NAIT, TINA, Tain, Tani, Tina, ain't, aniṭ, anti, anti-, nait, tain, tina

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tian

1. accusative singular of tia

Adverb

tian

1. Obsolete form of tiam.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjɑ̃/

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Noun

tian m (plural tians)

1. tian, cooking-pot

Further reading

• “tian”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• nait, naît
• niât
• tain, ’tain

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

tián

1. belly; abdomen
2. uterus; womb

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tian, from Classical Malay تيان (tian), from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ian]
• Hyphenation: ti‧an

Noun

tian (plural tian-tian, first-person possessive tianku, second-person possessive tianmu, third-person possessive tiannya)

1. (anatomy) uterus; womb

   Synonyms: rahim, uterus, peranakan, kandungan

2. belly of a pregnant woman

Derived terms

• bertian
• meniani

 

Further reading

• “tian” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian.

Noun

tian

1. belly

Ligurian

Etymology

French, from Provençal, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tjaŋ/

Noun

tian m (please provide plural)

1. tian, cooking-pot

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tian (“belly”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian (“belly”), from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.an/
• Rhymes: -ian, -jan, -an

Noun

tian (Jawi spelling تيان, plural tian-tian, informal 1st possessive tianku, 2nd possessive tianmu, 3rd possessive tiannya)

1. (anatomy) uterus; womb
2. (Java) the lower abdomen in a pregnant woman

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• meniani [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• bertian [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• dalam tian (“pregnant”)
• lekat tian (“conception”)
• mandi tian

Descendants

• Indonesian: tian

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تين tijan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 119
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تين tiyan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 211
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tian”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 583

Further reading

• “tian” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

tian

1. Nonstandard spelling of tiān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tián.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tiǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tiàn.

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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Verb

tian

1. to pull
2. to raise (a child)
3. to feed

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Quotations

• 10th century, Psalm 55:22:

  Uuirp ouir herrin sorga thina inde he thi tion sal. in ne sal giuon an iuuon uuankilheide rehlikin.

  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
  Note: the original is lost and only a fragment of a copy of a lost copy survives; according to a surviving list of glosses from the lost copy, ‘tion’ was spelled ‘tian’ in a now lost part of the text.

Derived terms

• anttian
• *gitian
  • ūtgitian

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: tiën
  • Dutch: tijgen

Further reading

• “tīan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Frisian

Old Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tian

Alternative forms

• tēne, tīne

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tehun.

Numeral

tiān

1. ten

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: tjiin

  Helgoland: tain

  Mooring: tin

  Wiedingharde: tiin

• Saterland Frisian: tjoon
• West Frisian: tsien

Swedish

Noun

tian

1. definite singular of tia

Anagrams

• Tina, anti-, inat, inta, tina

Tagalog

Noun

tián (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

1. Obsolete spelling of tiyan

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian.

Noun

tian

1. belly; abdomen

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 天 (tiān).

Noun

tian

1. day

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN