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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From tala + -n. Cognate with Ottoman Turkish تالان (talan), Chagatai (talay, talan).
Pronunciation
Noun
talan (definite accusative talanı, plural talanlar)
- robbery, brigandage
- Synonyms: soyğun, qarət, soyğunçuluq, çapovul, yağma
- (figurative) rip-off
- pogrom, massacre
- Synonyms: qırğın, çapqın
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: թալան (tʻalan)
Further reading
Faroese
Noun
talan f (genitive singular talanar, plural talanir)
- talking, saying (in expressions)
Declension
Derived terms
- talan er um ... - (we are) talking about ...
Icelandic
Noun
talan
- definite nominative singular of tala
Old Occitan
Etymology
Latin talentum.
Noun
talan m (oblique plural talans, nominative singular talans, nominative plural talan)
- wish; desire
References
Spanish
Verb
talan
- third-person plural present indicative of talar
Swedish
Etymology
tala + -an
Noun
talan c
- proceeding, speech, the right to speak
föra talan inför domstolar och andra myndigheter- be a party to legal proceedings
rätt att föra talan- rights to bring actions
En sådan talan skall väckas inom två månader- Such proceedings shall be instituted within two months
att pröva talan som väcks av en medlemsstat'- have jurisdiction in actions brought by a Member State
Usage notes
Declension
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تالان (talan), from طالامق (talamak, “to pillage”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tāla- (“to plunder”). Cognate with Azerbaijani talan.
Noun
talan
- pillage
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “talan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Welsh
Pronunciation
Verb
talan
- third-person singular present indicative/future colloquial of talu
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.