вана

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See also: Ваня and Appendix:Variations of "vana"

Bulgarian

Вана

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wanne. Cognates with Russian ва́нна (vánna)

Pronunciation

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Noun

ва́на • (vána) f

  1. bath; bathtub

Declension

Declension of ва́на
singular plural
indefinite ва́на
vána 		ва́ни
váni
definite ва́ната
vánata 		ва́ните
vánite

References

  • “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “вана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly by metathesis from obsolete Erzya нава (nava), which, according to Paasonen, was borrowed from Russian на (na) (compare нате (nate, “here you are!”)).

Alternatively, related to or influenced by Erzya ваномс (vanoms, “to watch”).

Pronunciation

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Particle

вана • (vana)

  1. here (is), this (is)
  2. there

Interjection

вана • (vana)

  1. here, look (at it)
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svyatoe Evangelie ot Matfeya, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom yazyke‎, page 227:
      Омбоце чистэнть неизе Іоанн Іисусонь тензэ самсто да мерьсь: вана Пазонь Реве левксэсь, Кона сайсазо эсь лаҥгозонзо мастор лаҥгонь пежетьсть.
      The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
  2. here you are! take it! (when offering something, casual)

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вана”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “vana”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

ва́на • (vána) m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of ван (van)
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