zan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /san/

Particle

zan

Only; merely; just; but.
- 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
  Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della:
  Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Late 17C: annals of Puebla
  niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin

Synonyms

za

References

Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan

Adverb

zan

Only; merely; just; but.

Gun

Etymology 1

Cognates include Fon zàn, Saxwe Gbe ojàn (“mat”)

Alternative forms

òzàn, ozàn

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zã̀/

Noun

zàn (plural zàn lɛ́ or zàn lẹ́)

bed
mat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-zã́. Cognates include Fon zǎn, Saxwe Gbe ozàn, Adja ezan, Ewe za

Alternative forms

ozán, òzán

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zã́/

Noun

zán (plural zán lɛ́ or zán lẹ́)

night

Derived terms

Zángbètɔ́ (“Zangbeto”)
Zángbètọ́ (“Zangbeto”)
zánmɛ̀ (“night/in the night”)
zánmẹ̀ (“night/in the night”)

Indonesian

Noun

zan (first-person possessive zanku, second-person possessive zanmu, third-person possessive zannya)

doubt

Japanese

Romanization

zan

Rōmaji transcription of ざん

Kamakan

Alternative forms

sa (Kotoxo)

Noun

zan

(Kamakan) water

References

Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil

Mandarin

Romanization

zan (zan⁵／zan⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄗㄢ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喒／咱, 偺／咱

zan

Nonstandard spelling of zān.
Nonstandard spelling of zán.
Nonstandard spelling of zǎn.
Nonstandard spelling of zàn.

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.