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Dungan
Etymology
Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 鹽/盐 (yán).
Noun
ян • (i͡an)
- salt
Nogai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *yān.
Noun
ян • (yan)
- side
Etymology 2
From Persian جان (jân, “soul, vital spirit”).
Noun
ян • (yan)
- soul
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ян”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 陽/阳 (yáng).
Pronunciation
Noun
ян • (jan) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) or
ян • (jan) f inan or n inan (genitive я́на, uncountable)
- yang
- Antonym: инь (inʹ)
Declension
when declinable:
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singular
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nominative
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я́н ján
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genitive
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я́на jána
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dative
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я́ну jánu
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accusative
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я́н ján
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instrumental
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я́ном jánom
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prepositional
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я́не jáne
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