ван

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "van" and Appendix:Variations of "bah"

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠸᠠᠩ
(waŋ)		ван
(van)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠸᠠᠩ (waŋ), from Mandarin 王 (wáng). Compare also Middle Mongol (ong).

Pronunciation

Noun

ван • (van)

  1. king, prince
    вант улс ― vant uls ― kingdom

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

See also

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese 王 (wáng).

Noun

ван • (van) m anim (genitive ва́на, nominative plural ва́ны, genitive plural ва́нов)

  1. (historical) king (in Ancient China); prince (in the Chinese Empire)
Declension
Declension of ван (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ва́н
ván 		ва́ны
vány
genitive ва́на
vána 		ва́нов
vánov
dative ва́ну
vánu 		ва́нам
vánam
accusative ва́на
vána 		ва́нов
vánov
instrumental ва́ном
vánom 		ва́нами
vánami
prepositional ва́не
váne 		ва́нах
vánax
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vanr

Noun

ван • (van) m anim (genitive ва́на, nominative plural ва́ны, genitive plural ва́нов)

  1. (Norse mythology) one of the Vanir
    война́ а́сов и ва́нов ― vojná ásov i vánov ― the Æsir–Vanir War
Declension
Declension of ван (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ва́н
ván 		ва́ны
vány
genitive ва́на
vána 		ва́нов
vánov
dative ва́ну
vánu 		ва́нам
vánam
accusative ва́на
vána 		ва́нов
vánov
instrumental ва́ном
vánom 		ва́нами
vánami
prepositional ва́не
váne 		ва́нах
vánax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ва̏н (Latin spelling vȁn)

  1. except

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ва̏н (Latin spelling vȁn) (+ genitive case)

  1. in front of, before
    ван куће ― outside, outdoors
  2. out of
    ван земље ― abroad

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

Adverb

ва̑н (Latin spelling vȃn)

  1. out, outside, outdoors
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