falan

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See also: falán

Asturian

Verb

falan

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive of falar

Galician

Verb

falan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of falar

Manchu

Romanization

falan

  1. Romanization of ᡶᠠᠯᠠᠨ

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فلان (falan), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɫan/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lan

Adjective

falan

  1. the "you-know-" part in you-know-who or you-know-what
    Falan tarihte, falan yerde, falan kişi ile gezerken sizi gördüm.
    You-know-when, I saw you at you-know-where, while I was walking with you-know-who.

Noun

falan (definite accusative falanı, plural falanlar)

  1. or something, or anything
    Bizi öldürmeye falan mı çalışıyorsun?
    Are you trying to kill us or something?
    Dalga geçiyor falan değilim.
    It's not like I'm making fun of it or anything
  2. and whatnot, etc.
    Atlet falan aldım.
    I bought tank tops and whatnot.

Pronoun

falan

  1. you-know-what
  2. you-know-who
    Bana "falan geldi, falan gitti" diye anlatmaya başladı.
    So he started recounting me like "you-know-who came, and you-know-who went".

Derived terms

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