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

English

Numeral

yan

1. (cardinal, North East England, dialect) one

Derived terms

• yance or yence

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

• yan-a-dick
• yan-a-bumfit

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

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

• any, AYN, Ayn, NAY, nay, NYA

Chamorro

Conjunction

yan

1. and

Usage notes

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

See also

• ya

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• jan, yain, jain

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