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jan

  1. (international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Janday .

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Arabic جَنّ (jann).

    Noun

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    jan

    1. Obsolete form of jinn .
      • 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta:
        He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

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    Albanian

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    Noun

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    jan m

    1. abbreviation of janar ("January")
      Coordinate terms: shk , mar , pri , maj , qer , korr , gush , sht , tet , nën , dhj

    Balinese

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    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan .

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    jan (Balinese script ᬚᬦ᭄ )

    1. ladder
    2. stair

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    • "jan", in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

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    jan

    1. trap (device to catch animals)

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    Basque

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Basque *e-a(n)-, from the root *-a(n)- . [1]

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    • IPA (key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟan/ [ɟãn]
     
    • IPA (key): (Southern) /xan/ [xãn]
    • IPA (key): (Gipuzkoan) /xan/ [xãn]
    • IPA (key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒan/ [d͡ʒãn]
    • IPA (key): (Navarrese) /jan/ [jãn]

    Noun

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    jan inan

    1. food
      Synonym: janari

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    Declension of jan (inan C-stem)
    indefinite singular plural proximal plural
    absolutive jan jana janak janok
    ergative janek janak janek janok
    dative jani janari janei janoi
    genitive janen janaren janen janon
    comitative janekin janarekin janekin janokin
    causative janengatik janarengatik janengatik janongatik
    benefactive janentzat janarentzat janentzat janontzat
    instrumental janez janaz janez janotaz
    inessive janetan janean janetan janotan
    locative janetako janeko janetako janotako
    allative janetara janera janetara janotara
    terminative janetaraino janeraino janetaraino janotaraino
    directive janetarantz janerantz janetarantz janotarantz
    destinative janetarako janerako janetarako janotarako
    ablative janetatik janetik janetatik janotatik
    partitive janik — — —
    prolative jantzat — — —

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    jan du (imperfect participle jaten , future participle jango or janen , short form jan, verbal noun jate )

    1. to eat
    2. to eat away, corrode

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    1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), "jan", in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 241

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    • "jan", in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
    • "jan", in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan , from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN .

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    jan

    1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

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    Etymology

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    Shortening of Joan .

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    Noun

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    jan m (plural jans )

    1. only used in bon jan

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    Dalmatian

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    From Latin annus .

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    jan m (plural jain or jein )

    1. year
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    Dena'ina

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    jan

    1. alternative form of jani ("day")

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    • Kari, James (2013), Denaʼina Topical Dictionary, Revised Edition, Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, page 157

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    jan m

    1. abbreviation of januari ("January")
      Coordinate terms: feb , mrt , apr , mei , jun , jul , aug , sep , okt , nov , dec

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    jan m (plural jans )

    1. Each of the two tables in trictrac
      Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.
      I filled my grand jan by doublet: six points for me.

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    Haitian Creole

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from French genre .

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    jan

    1. type, sort, kind (of)
    2. genre

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    References

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    • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1] , Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 81

    Japanese

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    jan

    1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

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    jan

    1. (Gherdëina ) gerund of jì
      Jan a cësa ei udù n lëuf. ― While walking home I saw a wolf.
    2. (Gherdëina ) first-person plural imperfect indicative of jì
      Nëus jan for dal ujin a maië. ― We always used to go to eat at the neighbour's.

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    jan m inan

    1. (rare , technical , proscribed elsewhere) alternative form of jan. : abbreviation of január ("January")
      Coordinate terms: feb , mar , apr , máj , jún , júl , aug , sep , okt , nov , dec

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    jan c

    1. alternative form of jan. : abbreviation of januari ("January")
      Coordinate terms: feb , mar , apr , maj , jun , jul , aug , sep , okt , nov , dec

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    jan (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ ) (text messaging , colloquial )

    1. alternative spelling of diyan

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    jàn

    1. to bang something with another
    2. (idiomatic ) to fail an examination or test

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