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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧dan
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈdan/
Proper noun
Adán (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name from Hebrew
Noun
Adán (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)
- a man
- Synonym: lalaki
Anagrams
Hanunoo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Adán.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈdan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: A‧dan
Proper noun
Adán (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜧᜨ᜴)
- a male given name
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 19
Icelandic
Noun
Adan
- definite nominative singular of Ada
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈʔadan/
- Rhymes: -adan
- Syllabification: A‧dan
Proper noun
Ádan
- (used only in tales) A mythological location.
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “ádan”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 6
Old French
Etymology
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אדם (adam)
Proper noun
Adan m (nominative singular Adans)
- (biblical) Adam
Descendants
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ādām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from א־ד־ם.
Proper noun
Adan m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Adam
- (Abrahamism, biblical) Adam
Descendants
References
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “Adan1”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “Adan2”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Adan”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Adan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔)
- (biblical) Adam
- a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Adam
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Adan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 10
Anagrams
Walloon
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adan
- Alternative form of Adam.