# baan
## Afar
### Etymology

Probably related to baad (“world”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːn/ [ˈbaːn]
* Hyphenation: baan

### Noun

báan m
* universe

### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō. Compare German Bahn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: baan
* Rhymes: -aːn

### Noun

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)
* a road, way, path
    Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.I've sat on the road for eight hours already.
* a track, lane
* a job, professional occupation
    Synonym: (chiefly Belgium) job
    Ik heb een nieuwe baan.I've got a new job.
* orbit (path of one object around another)
* (computing) a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)
* (sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

#### Derived terms

* achtbaan
* baanatletiek
* baanboef
* baanbrekend
* baancommissaris
* baanopzichter
* baansport
* baantjesjager
* baanvak
* baanwedstrijd
* banen
* banenmarkt
* banenplan
* bijbaan
* busbaan
* droombaan
* duobaan
* glijbaan
* hondenbaan
* landingsbaan
* linkerbaan
* loopbaan
* luizenbaan
* rechterbaan
* rijbaan
* roetsjbaan
* startbaan
* streekbaan
* tokkelbaan
* tweebaans

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: baan
* → Indonesian: ban

### Verb

baan
* inflection of banen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Dyula
### Noun

baan
* raffia, raphia, Raphia sudanica

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːn/

### Noun

baan
* mistletoe

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English born.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːn/

### Verb

baan
* (intransitive) to be born
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:Jiizas did baan iina Betliyem, wan toun iina Judiya.Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town in Judea.
** 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 1:Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself an wid raits.All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

### Further reading

* baan at JamaicanPatwah.com
* baan at majstro.com

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

Akin to Maranao baqan.

### Verb

baan
* to sneeze

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

baan n
* obsolete typography of bån

### Anagrams

* bana

## Yucatec Maya
### Verb

baan (transitive)
* to get down, to bring down fruits froms a tree
* to fall down
* to remove, to detach, to release
* to scatter, to spread

#### Inflection

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| aspect | optative | inperfective | perfective | resultative | imperative |
| active voice | ban | banik | banaj | banmaj | banej |
| antipassive voice | baannak | baan | baannaj | baannajaʼan | baannen |
| mediopassive voice | báanak | báanal | báan | baanal | — |
| passive voice | baʼanak | baʼanal | baʼan | banaʼan | — |