kan

Clipping of English Kannada, from Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa).

kan

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kannada.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kannada terms

• IPA^(key): /kɑːn/

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• Homophone: khan
• Homophone: carn (non-rhotic)
• Homophone: con (father-bother merger)
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

kan (plural kans)

1. Archaic form of khan.

Borrowed from Japanese 貫 (kan).

kan (plural kan)

1. A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb.
   • 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture:

     After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]

Borrowed from Cantonese 斤 (gan¹).

kan (plural kans)

1. (Hong Kong) A catty, legally defined as 0.60478982 kilograms.

Borrowed from Japanese 槓 (kan).

kan (plural kans)

1. (Japanese mahjong) A set of four identical tiles.

   Synonyms: kong, quad, four-of-a-kind

2. (Japanese mahjong) A call declaring the formation of such a set.

   Synonym: kong

Among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong, kan is more commonly used than the Cantonese-derived term kong.

• chii
• pon

• NAK, NKA, nak, nka

• (Myanmar) /kan˧/

kan

1. to strain, filter

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[2], Payap University, page 52

From Dutch kan, singular of kunnen, from Middle Dutch cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /kan/

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kan (present kan, past kon)

1. can

kan

1. (Harak) woman

• akan (Alak)

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

kan

1. tree

• Catherine Levy, Language Research in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Awar (2005)

• IPA^(key): [kã˦ã˨]

kan

1. (anatomy) neck

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

kan

1. inessive singular of ka

• kang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-n, from Proto-Austronesian *ka

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan/ [ˈkan̪]

kan (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔)

1. of—objective marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names.

   Harong kan panadero.

   House of the baker.

   Aki kan magurang.

   Child of the parent/s

   Magurang kan aki.

   Parent/s of the child

kan m

1. song

• khan (superseded)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkan]

kan m (plural kans)

1. khan

• gran kan
• kanat

• “kan”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

kan

1. (possessive subject marker) these

• ekkan

• ka, kor

From a variant of Middle High German gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g-. Cognate with German gen; Alemannic German and Bavarian gan. Doublet of ghéghen.^[1]

kan

1. in, at

   Ich hèrbighe kan 'Toballe, kor Baan, ka Sléeghe.

   I live in Mezzaselva, [a hamlet of] Roana, [a town in] Asiago.

2. to, towards

   Ich ghéa inn ka Sléeghe, aus kan Bèarn, au kan Triin, abe kan Ròome.

   I go east to Asiago, out west to Verona, up north to Trentino, and down south to Rome.

• “kan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From kana (“to sing”, verb). Compare Breton kan and Welsh cân.

kan f (plural kanow)

1. song
2. poem

   Synonym: bardhonek

3. hit (song/record)

   Synonym: plasen

kan

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of kana
2. second-person singular imperative of kana

• kaŋ

kan

1. something that is very old and powerful
2. something incomprehensible but wonderful
3. something that creates or sustains life^{[cite 1]}

• wakaŋ

• Colette Hyman (2012) Dakota women's work : creativity, culture, and exile

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰanˀ], [ˈkʰan], [ˈkʰa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -and

kan

1. present of kunne

• IPA^(key): /kɑn/

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• Hyphenation: kan
• Rhymes: -ɑn

From Middle Dutch canne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

kan f (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. jug
2. pot (for tea, coffee, etc.)
3. can (cylindrical vessel)

• Afrikaans: kan
• Negerhollands: kanintśi (from the diminutive)
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kaninsti (dated)
• → Japanese: 缶
• → Mahican: kánnisch
• → Papiamentu: kanika (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: kan, kaniki, kannetje (from the diminutive)
  • → Lokono: kâna, kána, kâniki (from the diminutive)

From Old French chan, from Medieval Latin canus, caanus, of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic xān (“Central Asian khan”), probably ultimately of non-Turkic (Central Asian) origin.^[1]

kan m (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. khan (Turkish or Mongol ruler)

• kanaat

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kan

1. inflection of kunnen:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative
   3. (archaic) plural imperative

• (present singular): kunt (2 sg.)- more formal

• chan
• ⟨𝋤⟩

kan

1. four

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kan m (plural kans)

1. alternative form of khan (“khan”)

kan

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of quand

kan

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of quand

• “kan” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “kan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• can (pre-1950's spelling)

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قان (qan), from Proto-Turkic *kān (“blood”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑn/

kan

1. bloody

   Synonym: kannı

kan (definite accusative kanı, plural kannar)

1. blood

   apokalipsis geldiynän göklär kan aalayacek

   when the apocalypse occurs the heavens will cry blood

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “can”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 25
• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “kan”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 91
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “kan”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 240

kan

1. obsolete spelling of kann

• IPA^(key): /kã̀/

kàn

1. to inquire

Compare Fon kán, Adja eka, Ewe ɛka, Saxwe Gbe okàn

• IPA^(key): /kã̀/

kàn (plural kàn lɛ́ or kàn lẹ́)

1. rope, cord

• IPA^(key): /kã́/

kán

1. to write

From French quand.

• IPA^(key): /kã/

kan

1. when

• kilè

From Proto-Austronesian *ka (oblique case marker for plural personal names).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan/ [ˈkɐn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: kan

kan (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴)

1. used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns: to; for; of; from; at the place of

   Ati (sa) kan Luyon.

   There at Luyon's place.

• When referring to multiple people, use kana.

kan (Hanunoo spelling ᜣᜨ᜴) (literary)

1. to; towards, etc.

   Synonym: sa

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 139
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ka₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Of unknown origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒn]

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

kan (plural kanok)

1. male pig

   Antonyms: koca, emse

2. male boar (wild boar)
3. male (of dogs or other domestic animals not larger than a pig)

   Antonym: szuka

4. (colloquial) hunk, stud (a man with a sexual life more active than usual)

• kan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• List of names for domestic animals (in Hungarian)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan/, [ˈkan]
• Rhymes: -an

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Shortened form

kan (plural kan-kan)

1. aphetic form of langkan

kan

1. aphetic form of bukan (“see; right”)

   Kan, sudah ku bilang jangan bermain korek api. Kini kau rasakan akibatnya. ― See, I already told you before not to play with the matches. Now you receive the consequences.

   Ini punyamu, kan? ― This is yours, right?.

2. aphetic form of akan (“will”)

Borrowed from Dutch kan (“jug; pot (for tea, coffee, etc.); can (cylindrical vessel)”), from Middle Dutch canne.

kan (plural kan-kan)

1. jug, pot

   Synonyms: morong, teko

• “kan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

kan

1. to eat

kan

1. Rōmaji transcription of かん
2. Rōmaji transcription of カン

From Proto-Turkic *kān.

kan

1. blood

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kan”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

kan

1. water

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]

From Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).

kan m

1. (anatomy) ear

• Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎^[3], pages 13-36

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

kan

1. snake

• Baer, Phillip, Baer, Mary, Chan Kꞌin, Manuel, Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)‎^[4] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 93

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Clipping of bukan.

kan (Jawi spelling کن)

1. isn't it?

   Cantik kan baju ni?

   Isn't this dress beautiful?

Clipping of akan.

kan (Jawi spelling کن)

1. will (future)

• “kan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kan

1. nonstandard spelling of kān
2. nonstandard spelling of kǎn
3. nonstandard spelling of kàn

• 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

kan

1. to eat

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑnʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kænʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kan}

kan

1. (transitive) to eat

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

From French quand.

kan

1. when

kan

1. alternative form of canne

kan

1. to be able, mentally

• mai (to be able, physically)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːn/

kan

1. no
2. not

Kan is used to negate nouns and adverbs. To negate verbs or adjectives, use daq.

From Old Norse kann.

kan

1. present of kunne

kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kaner, definite plural kanene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by khan

• kainn, kainnj (Trøndelag eye dialect spelling)
• kein (Fron)

From Old Norse kann.

• (non-standard since 1938) kann

kan

1. present tense of kunna and kunne

kan m (definite singular kanen, indefinite plural kanar, definite plural kanane)

1. (pre-2005) alternative form of khan

From clipping of kámi^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ká.ŋ̀/

káǹ

1. farm

   Synonym: latí

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa),^[1] from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “ear”).^[1][2] Cognate with Hindi कान (kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).

kan m (nominative plural kana)

1. ear^[1][2][3][4]

kan

1. water; fresh water

• Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)

• IPA^(key): /kâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

kȃn m anim (Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

1. khan

kan

1. this (masculine)

kan m (plural kanes)

1. khan (ruler)

• “kan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• IPA^(key): /kanː/

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kan

1. present of kunna

From English cunt.

kan

1. (vulgar) cunt (female genitalia)
2. (vulgar) cunt (term of abuse)

From Ottoman Turkish قان (kan, “blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kān (“blood”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan/

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kan (definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)

1. blood
2. (dialectal) kitchen

kan

1. house

From Mandarin 看.

• IPA^(key): [kʰɑ]

kan

1. to look

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[5], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, compare Malay makan.

kan

1. to eat

Yoruba numbers ^(edit)

		10
		1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: ọ̀kan, ení     Counting: oókan     Adjectival: kan, méní     Ordinal: kìíní, kìn-ín-ní     Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀kan     Distributive: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan     Collective: ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan

Derived from oókan.

• IPA^(key): /ꜜkã̄/

kan

1. one

• ẹ̀ẹ̀kan

• IPA^(key): /kã̀/

kàn

1. to touch, to concern

• IPA^(key): /kã́/

kán

1. to break

   Synonym: fọ́

• can (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): [kan]

Yucatec Maya cardinal numbers

<  320	420	520  >
Cardinal : kan

From Proto-Mayan *koohng-.

kan

1. four

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kan (transitive)

1. to learn

• kaanbal

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 152: “Can. Quatro. 4.”
• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, pages 60, 203
• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 31: “KAN”