# zan
## Classical Nahuatl
### Alternative forms

* çan
* çã
* san

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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: /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 (plural zan-zan)
* 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 (zan$^5$ / zan$^0$, 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.

## Middle High German
### Alternative forms

* zant

### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German zan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈt͡s̄an/

### Noun

zan m
* tooth
    Sîner zene glîʒ ist wîʒer danne milch.The shine of his teeth is whiter than milk.
    rôter munt mit wîʒen zenen wol bezinnetred mouth well surrounded by white teeth as merlons

#### Descendants

* Alemannic German: Zah
* Bavarian: Zåhn, Zant
* Central Franconian: Zank, Zand
    Kölsch: Zant
* German: Zahn
** → Central Franconian: Zahn
* Hunsrik: Zaan
* Luxembourgish: Zant
* Pennsylvania German: Zaah
* Swabian: Zah, Zai
* Vilamovian: cōn
* Yiddish: צאָן (tson)

## Old High German
### Noun

zan m
* Alternative form of zand

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظن, from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).

### Noun

zan (definite accusative zannı, plural zanlar)
* suspicion, presumption, supposition

#### See also

* zannetmek
* zannetme

### References

* “zan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Zou
### Adverb

zan
* down

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45