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Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
Noun
شان (şan)
- shoulder
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn).
Noun
شان • (śān) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਨ)
- glory
- grandeur
- pomp, glamour
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn).
Pronunciation
Noun
شان • (šān) m (Hindi spelling शान)
- pomp, glory, grandeur
- power, authority, rank, eminence
- (rare) honeycomb, beehive
References
- “شان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “شان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.