kalan

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English

Etymology

From Russian кала́н (kalán).

Noun

kalan (plural kalans)

  1. (archaic) The sea otter.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian کلان (kalân). Doublet of kələntər (“sheriff”), via کلانتر (kalântar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧lan
  • Audio:(file)

Determiner

kalan

  1. (Baku, Balakan) plenty, more than enough; lots of
    Synonym: çox
    • 2010 March 2, Musavat.com‎:
      Neft Fondunda hələ kalan pulumuz var.
      We still have plenty of money in the Oil Fund.

Adjective

kalan

  1. (colloquial) rich, wealthy, monied
    Synonyms: varlı, pullu
  2. (Lankaran) dull, stupid
    Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, tupoy

Further reading

  • “kalan” in Obastan.com.

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

kalan

  1. study
  2. reading

Verb

kalan

  1. to study
  2. to read

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

kalan

  1. to be warm

References

Finnish

Noun

kalan

  1. genitive singular of kala

Anagrams

Khoekhoe

Noun

kalan

  1. color

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with synonymous Central Kurdish کالان (kalan), کێلان (kêlan), Zazaki kalanî, Hawrami (kêlane).

Ačaṙyan derives from Armenian կալան (kalan).[1][2] But according to Schwartz, from Old Iranian *kārta-dāna- (literally “knife-place”).[3]

Noun

kalan ?[4][5]

  1. sheath, scabbard
    • 1857, Stepan, an Armenian employee of the American Bible Society (translator), The Gospels in Kurdish in Armenian characters, John 18:11, Constantinople, page 383:
      Շուրա խօ տիսա լը քալան տէյնը.
      Šura xō tisa lə kʻalan tēynə.
      Put up thy sword into the sheath

References

  1. ^ The template Template:R:kmr:Adjarian does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Adjarian, H. (1909–1911) “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 358a
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 485a
  3. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kalan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 295
  4. ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kalan”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей, page 418b
  5. ^ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “kalan”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎ (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 99a

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay keran.

Pronunciation

Noun

kalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. stove
    Synonyms: lutuan, pugon, estupa

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tetum

Etymology

From *kalam, akin to Ngaju alem.

Noun

kalan

  1. night

Turkish

Etymology

From kal +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kalan

  1. (present participle of kalmak) remaining, staying

Noun

kalan

  1. remainder, rest
  2. (arithmetic) difference, result of substraction.
  3. (arithmetic) remainder, value left after division.
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