tian

See also: Tian, tián, tiàn, tiān, tiǎn, tí'àn, and tiáⁿ

English

Etymology

French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Noun

tian (plural tians)

An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

Anagrams

Atin, NAIT, TINA, Tain, Tani, Tina, ain't, aniṭ, anti, anti-, nait, tain, tina

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tian

accusative singular of tia

Adverb

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tian

Obsolete form of tiam.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tjɑ̃/
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Noun

tian m (plural tians)

tian, cooking-pot

Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

tián

belly; abdomen
uterus; womb

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tian, from Classical Malay تيان (tian), from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: ti‧an

Noun

tian (plural tian-tian, first-person possessive tianku, second-person possessive tianmu, third-person possessive tiannya)

(anatomy) uterus; womb
Synonyms: rahim, uterus, peranakan, kandungan
belly of a pregnant woman

Derived terms

Iranun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian.

Noun

tian

belly

Ligurian

Etymology

French, from Provençal, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tjaŋ/

Noun

tian m (please provide plural)

tian, cooking-pot

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tian (“belly”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian (“belly”), from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ti.an/
Rhymes: -ian, -jan, -an

Noun

tian (Jawi spelling تيان, plural tian-tian, informal 1st possessive tianku, 2nd possessive tianmu, 3rd possessive tiannya)

(anatomy) uterus; womb
(Java) the lower abdomen in a pregnant woman

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

meniani (meN- + -i)
bertian (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Indonesian: tian

References

Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تين tijan”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 119
Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تين tiyan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 211
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tian”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 583

Mandarin

Romanization

tian

Nonstandard spelling of tiān.
Nonstandard spelling of tián.
Nonstandard spelling of tiǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of tiàn.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

Verb

tian

to pull
to raise (a child)
to feed

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Quotations

10th century, Psalm 55:22:
Uuirp ouir herrin sorga thina inde he thi tion sal. in ne sal giuon an iuuon uuankilheide rehlikin.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Note: the original is lost and only a fragment of a copy of a lost copy survives; according to a surviving list of glosses from the lost copy, ‘tion’ was spelled ‘tian’ in a now lost part of the text.