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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 (feminine paní)
- Mr
- man, gentleman
- master (someone who has control over something or someone)
- master (owner of an animal or slave)
- lord
Declension
Declension of pán (hard masculine animate)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- pán in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- pán in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- pán in Internetová jazyková příručka
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
pán (pan2, Zhuyin ㄆㄢˊ)
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Masurian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pani.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Syllabification: pán
Noun
pán m pers (female equivalent pani)
- gentleman, man (specific male person, especially one unknown to the speaker)
- master, lord (person with power over something; owner of something)
- Mr, mister (title before a last name)
- Lord (God)
Pronoun
pán m (feminine pani)
- you polite second person m-personal nominative, it takes verbs as third-person sg form
Further reading
- Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “pan”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 20
Old Czech
Alternative forms
- hpán, pan (when used before a name, title, occuption etc)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
pán m pers
- man, gentleman
- master
- lord
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
From unattested *hpán (compare Old Czech hpán), from Proto-Slavic *gъpanъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
pán m anim (genitive singular pána, nominative plural páni, genitive plural pánov, declension pattern of chlap)
- lord
- mister
- sir
- ruler
- gentleman, eg. dámy a páni = ladies and gentlemen
- used before any title when addressing a male person
Declension
Derived terms
- Pán
- Pane Bože! (My God!)
- pán Kováč (Mr. Smith)
- 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, 2024