English

An old Svan peasant wearing a chokha.

Alternative forms

• Swan

Proper noun

Svan

1. A South-Caucasian language of Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Laz, and Mingrelian.

Translations

Noun

Svan ‎(plural Svans)

1. A person from Svaneti, or a descendant of Svan people.

Translations

Anagrams

• vans

Icelandic

Noun

svan

1. indefinite accusative singular of svanur

Swedish

svan

Etymology

From Old Norse svanr, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz ‎(“swan”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *swen- ‎(“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

svan c

1. (male or female) swan

Declension

Hypernyms

• andfågel
• egentlig andfågel
• fågel
• fågelfamilj
• svanfågel

Hyponyms

• (male): hansvan
• (female): honsvan
• (Cygnus olor): knölsvan
• (male or female offspring): svanunge
• (Cygnus cygnus): sångsvan

Derived terms

• svanesång

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English swan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svan/

Noun

svan ‎(plural svans)

1. swan

Declension

Hyponyms

• hisvan ‎(“male swan”)
• hisvanül ‎(“male cygnet, swanling”)
• jisvan ‎(“female swan”)
• jisvanül ‎(“female cygnet, swanling”)
• svanil ‎(“small swan”)
• svanül ‎(“cygnet, swanling”)

See also

• böd ‎(“bird”)
• dök ‎(“duck”)
• gan ‎(“goose”)
• nim ‎(“animal”)
• pijun ‎(“dove or pigeon”)