alan

See also: Alan, ałan, alaŋ, and a lán

English

Noun

alan (plural alans)

Alternative form of alaunt

Anagrams

Anal, Lana, Nala, anal, lana, nala

Azerbaijani

Adjective

alan

positive present participle of almaq

Finnish

Noun

alan

Genitive singular form of ala.

Verb

alan

First-person singular indicative present form of alkaa.

Anagrams

lana

Gothic

Romanization

alan

Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽

Hiligaynon

Adjective

álan

rancid

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Verb

alan

Conjugation

Conjugation of alan (strong class 6)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	alan	tō alenne
1st-person singular	ale	ōl
2nd-person singular	ælest	ōle
3rd-person singular	æleþ	ōl
plural	alaþ	ōlon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ale	ōle
plural	alen	ōlen
imperative
singular	al
plural	alaþ
participle	present	past
	alende	(ġe)alen

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ.ɫɑn/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *ala-n, *ala-ŋ (“level ground, plain”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (alaŋ).

Noun

alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)

area, land, square as for place.
Tarlanın alanı 150.000 hektarla en büyüktü.
The area of the field was with 150.000 hectares the largest.

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

alan

Definite accusative

alanı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

alan

Definite accusative

Dative

alanlara

Locative

alanda

alanlarda

Ablative

alandan

alanlardan

Genitive

alanın

alanların

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	alanım	alanlarım
2nd singular	alanın	alanların
3rd singular	alanı	alanları
1st plural	alanımız	alanlarımız
2nd plural	alanınız	alanlarınız
3rd plural	alanları	alanları

Descendants

Greek: αλάνα f (alána)
Greek: αλάνης m (alánis)
Greek: αλάνι n (aláni)
Greek: αλανιάρης m (alaniáris)

Etymology 2

See almak (“to take, to receive”).

Adjective

alan (comparative daha alan, superlative en alan)

recipient, susceptive
Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)
The one who is the recipient of the horse has already passed Üsküdar. (It is too late to do anything; you have missed the train.)

Noun

alan (definite accusative alanı, plural alanlar)

The person who takes something.
Atı alan Üsküdar'ı geçti. (proverb)
The person who took the horse has passed Üsküdar. (Too late to do anything about it, as the chance has been missed.)

Anagrams

nala

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