gagan

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See also: gagaṅ

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)

  1. nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.

See also

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Noun

gagan

  1. colour

References

  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old English ġæġn, Old Norse gegn.

Preposition

gagan

  1. against

Descendants

  • Middle High German: gegen, gagen, jegen, gein, gēn
    • Alemannic German: gege
    • Cimbrian: ghéghen
    • German: gegen
    • Hunsrik: geghe
    • Yiddish: קעגן (kegn)
    • Middle High German: gein, gēn (contraction)
      • German: gen (literary, dated)
      • Yiddish: קיין (keyn)
      • Luxembourgish: géint (with paragogic -t)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gaggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (to turn, wind, braid, weave), see also Middle Low German kinke (spiral screw, coil), Old Norse kikna (to bend backwards, sink at the knee), Icelandic kengur (a bend or bight; a metal crook).

Noun

gagan m (genitive singular gagain, plural gaganan)

  1. cluster or bunch (as of heath)
  2. Alternative form of gafann

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN