zan

See also: zán, zàn, zān, zǎn, zaň, zań, and Zań

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /san/

Particle

zan

  1. Only; merely; just; but.
    • 1565: Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana
      Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...
    • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della
      Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.
    • Late 17C: annals of Puebla
      niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

References
  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
  • Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

  1. Only; merely; just; but.

Japanese

Romanization

zan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ざん

Kamakan

Alternative forms
  • sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

  1. (Kamakan) water

References
  • Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

Mandarin

Romanization

zan (Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄢ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 咱, 喒, 偺

zan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of zàn.

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.

Middle High German

Alternative forms
  • zant

Etymology

From Old High German zan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Noun

zan m

  1. tooth

Descendants
  • Alemannic German: Zah
    Bern: Ton
    Swabian: Zah, Zai
  • Bavarian: Zant
  • Central Franconian: Zank, Zand
    Kölsch: Zant
  • German: Zahn
    • → Central Franconian: Zahn
  • Hunsrik: Zaan
  • Luxembourgish: Zant
  • Pennsylvania German: Zaah
  • Vilamovian: cōn
  • Yiddish: צאָן‎ (tson)

Old High German

Noun

zan m

  1. Alternative form of zand

Declension
Declension of zan (masculine i-stem)
case singular plural
nominative zan zani
accusative zan zani
genitive zanes zano
dative zane zanen
instrumental zanu —
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