pán

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pan"

Czech

Alternative forms

  • pan (when used before a name, title, occuption etc)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pán, from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ. Cognate with Polish pan.

Pronunciation

Noun

pán m anim (female equivalent paní, relational adjective pánský or pánův)

  1. Mr
  2. man, gentleman
  3. master (someone who has control over something or someone)
  4. master (owner of an animal or slave)
  5. lord

Declension

Declension of pán (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pán pánové, páni
genitive pána pánů
dative pánovi, pánu pánům
accusative pána pány
vocative pane pánové, páni
locative pánovi, pánu pánech
instrumental pánem pány
(nouns):

See also

Further reading

  • “pán”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pán”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “pán”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Romanization

pán (pan2, Zhuyin ㄆㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媻
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 幋
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廿
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搫
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柈
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槃
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 樆
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泾
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潒
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀇 / 㲿
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀊
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爾 / 尔
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 番
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皡
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 盤 / 盘
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磐
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磻
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 緇 / 缁
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縏
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 績 / 绩
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胖
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舢
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒰
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螋
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟠
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覍
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跘
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹐
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹣 / 蹒
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鄱
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎜
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞶

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • hpán, pan (when used before a name, title, occuption etc)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpaːn/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpaːn/

Noun

pán m pers

  1. man, gentleman
  2. master
  3. lord

Declension

Declension of pán (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative pán pány páni, pánové
genitive pána pánú pánóv
dative pánu, pánovi pánoma pánóm
accusative pána pány pány
vocative pane pány páni, pánové
locative pánu, pánovi pánú pániech
instrumental pánem pánoma pány
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: pán

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

From unattested *hpán (compare Old Czech hpán), from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pán m pers (female equivalent pani)

  1. lord
  2. mister
    pán Kováč ― Mr. Smith
  3. sir
  4. ruler
  5. gentleman
    dámy a páni ― ladies and gentlemen
  6. used before any title when addressing a male person

Declension

Declension of pán (pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativepánpáni
genitivepánapánov
dativepánovi,
pánu		pánom
accusativepánapánov
vocativepanepáni
locativepánovi,
pánu		pánoch
instrumentalpánompánmi

Derived terms

  • Pán
  • Pane Bože! (“My God!”)
  • pán profesor (Professor)
  • pán doktor (Doctor)
  • pán kráľ (Lord King, i.e. Sire)

Further reading

  • “pán”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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