yan

• IPA^(key): /jæn/ or IPA^(key): /jɛn/

Along with ane and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the Old English ān. An example is "yan, twee, tree" for "one, two, three".

yan

1. (Northumbria) One.

• yance or yence

• Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN, page 191
• Leith, Dick (1997) A Social History of English, Routledge, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 45

From Celtic numerals, with influence from Old English ān or modern Northern English yan or yen.

yan

1. (Cumbria) One in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.

• yan-a-dick
• yan-a-bumfit

• (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

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007), Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number‎, Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 24-25

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, any, any%, ayn, nay

yan

1. and

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

• ya

• jan, yain, jain

From Latin annus.

yan m

1. year (Vegliot)

yan

1. Nonstandard spelling of yān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of yǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yàn.

• 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.

From Old Turkic *yan-, *ya-, from Proto-Turkic *yā- (“side”).

yan (definite accusative yanı, plural yanlar)

1. side

   Erkek eşyalarımın yanında oturuyordu ― The man was sitting next to my belongings

yan

1. second-person singular imperative of yanmak

Probably borrowed from Latin iānua.

• IPA^(key): /jan/

yan (plural yans)

1. door

• leyan

• yanul