Gan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 贛語／赣语 (gànyǔ, “the Gan language”).

Proper noun

Gan

  1. traditional abbreviation for Jiangxi province
  2. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province

Translations

Further reading
  • Wiktionary's coverage of Gan terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Gan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がん

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡan/

Proper noun

Gan m pers or f

  1. A masculine surname​.
  2. A feminine surname​.

Declension

Masculine surname:

declension of Gan
singular plural
nominative Gan Ganowie
genitive Gana Ganów
dative Ganowi Ganom
accusative Gana Ganów
instrumental Ganem Ganami
locative Ganie Ganach
vocative Ganie Ganowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Tagalog

Etymology

Romanization of Hokkien 嚴／严 (Gân, “Yan”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡan/

Proper noun

Gan

  1. A surname​ of Chinese origin.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gan is the 322nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,683 individuals.

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