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See also: ан, -ан, and Ян

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese (yán).

Noun

ян (i͡an)

  1. salt

Nogai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yān.

Noun

ян (yan)

  1. side

Etymology 2

From Persian جان (jân, soul, vital spirit).

Noun

ян (yan)

  1. soul

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ян”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ , Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin (yáng).

Pronunciation

Noun

ян (janf inan or n inan (indeclinable) or
ян (janf inan or n inan (genitive я́на, uncountable)

  1. yang
    Antonym: инь (inʹ)

Declension

when declinable:

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin (yáng).

Pronunciation

Noun

ян (janm inan or n inan (indeclinable)

  1. yang
    Antonym: їнь (jinʹ)

Declension

when declinable:

Declension of ян
(pers hard masc-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative ян
jan
яни́
janý
genitive я́на
jána
яні́в
janív
dative я́нові, я́ну
jánovi, jánu
яна́м
janám
accusative я́на
jána
яні́в
janív
instrumental я́ном
jánom
яна́ми
janámy
locative я́нові
jánovi
яна́х
janáx
vocative я́не
jáne
яни́
janý