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Yan

Yan

See also: yan, yán, yàn, Yàn, yān, Yān, yǎn, and þan

English

Proper noun

Yan

  1. (historical) An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty
  2. (historical) The realm of this land under later imperial Chinese dynasties

yan

yan

See also: Yan, yán, yàn, Yàn, yān, Yān, yǎn, and þan

English

Numeral

yan

  1. (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one
Derived terms
References
  • Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1-904794-16-5, page 191
  • Leith, Dick (1997) A Social History of English, Routledge, ISBN 0415097975, 9780415097970, page 45

Etymology 2

From Celtic numerals, with influence from Old English ān or modern Northern English yan or yen.

Numeral

yan

  1. (cardinal, North West England, dialect) one in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
Derived terms
See also
References
  • Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ISBN 185-568-092-0, page 7
  • Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007), Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number, Australian Council for Educational Research, ISBN 0864317573, page 75
  • Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0826452337, pages 24-25

Anagrams


Chamorro

Conjunction

yan

  1. and

Usage notes

Used to connect similar words or phrases. To indicate causation the alternate ya is used.

See also


Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

yan m

  1. year (Vegliot)

Mandarin

Romanization

yan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of yán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of yǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of yàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic *yan-, *ya-, from Proto-Turkic *yā- (side).

Noun

yan

  1. side (bounding straight edge of an object)
    Erkek eşyalarımın yanında oturuyordu - The man was sitting beside my belongings


This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at side. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see yan in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008