English

Noun

zun ‎(uncountable)

1. (nonstandard, Britain, dialect) sun
   • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

     Zome woys avore the zun is down,

     So long’s the sky is clear;

   • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

     GOOD bwye ta thee Cot! whaur tha dâs o’ my childhood

     Glaw’d bright as tha zun in a mornin o’ mâ;

Friulian

Alternative forms

• ğun (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin jejūnus, from ieiūnus.

Adjective

zun

1. fasting
2. (figuratively) lacking

Related terms

• dizun
• zunâ

Lojban

Rafsi

zun

1. rafsi of zunti.

Mandarin

Romanization

zun

1. Nonstandard spelling of zūn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of zǔn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of zùn.

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.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

zun m

1. son

Noun

zun f

1. sun