jan

See also: Jan, Ján, jan., Jan., and jàŋ

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Arabic جَنّ‎ (jann)

Noun

jan

  1. Obsolete form of jinn.
    • 1888, Charles Montagu Doughty, Travels in Arabia Deserta
      He cast out the demons of possessed persons, and he bound the jân, wellah, in yonder corner.

Anagrams

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʒã˦ã˨]

Noun

jan

  1. trap (device to catch animals)

References

Basque

Noun

jan

  1. food

Declension

"jan"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutivejanjanajanak
ergativejanekjanakjanek
dativejanijanarijanei
genitivejanenjanarenjanen
comitativejanekinjanarekinjanekin
causativejanentzatjanarentzatjanentzat
benefactivejanengatikjanarengatikjanengatik
instrumentaljanezjanazjanez
inessivejanetanjananjanetan
locativejanetakojanekojanetako
allativejanetarajanerajanetara
terminativejanetarainojanerainojanetaraino
directivejanetarantzjanerantzjanetarantz
destinativejanetarakojanerakojanetarako
ablativejanetatikjanetikjanetatik
partitivejanik
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prolativejantzat
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Synonyms

Verb

jan

  1. to eat
  2. to eat away, corrode

Conjugation

Bau Bidayuh

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.

Noun

jan

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaŋ/

Noun

jan m (plural jain or jein)

  1. year

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃/

Noun

jan m (plural jans)

  1. Each of the two tables in trictrac.
    Je remplis mon grand jan par doublet : six points pour moi.

Japanese

Romanization

jan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃん

Swedish

Abbreviation

jan

  1. January; Abbreviation of januari.

See also

Yucatec Maya

Verb

jan (intransitive)

  1. to eat

Conjugation

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