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Aromanian
Alternative forms
Noun
gagan m (feminine gaganã, masculine plural gaganj, feminine plural gagani or gagane)
- nickname (with the meaning of easily frightened) given to the Greeks by the Aromanians.
See also
Gamilaraay
Pronunciation
Noun
gagan
- 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
- against
Descendants
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)
- cluster or bunch (as of heath)
- Alternative form of gafann
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “goigean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN