ngan

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See also: Ngan, ngàn, ngân, Ngân, and ngắn

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of dengan.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ngan (Jawi spelling ڠن)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of dengan.
    Kau gi ngan siapa?
    Who are you going with?

Ngambay

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ngan

  1. (anatomy) tooth

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

Noun

ngān

  1. name

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (wild goose, SV: nhạn). Doublet of nhạn.

Likely meant "wild goose" initially.

Sense "muscovy duck" (from the Americas) is attested in Phạm Đình Hổ's 1827 dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談 "Common Words Used Daily") , wherein ngan was glossed as 赤靣鴨 (SV: xích diện áp) "red-faced duck" .

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) ngan (, , , 𪃛, 𪇩)

  1. Muscovy duck

Synonyms

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ngán

  1. and
    Synonym: ug

Zou

Noun

ngan

  1. request

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