なん

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of なん – see the following entries.

【男】1 [noun] a man [noun] a son

【難】6 [noun] difficulty

【何なに】2 [pronoun] what [pronoun] that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.) 【何】2 [prefix] what number, how many (used with a counter) [prefix] (used with も) many (used with a counter)

(This term, なん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as なん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なん.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 軟.)

Etymology 2

なん • (nan) 

1. (dialectal, chiefly Kansai) Synonym of なの (na no)