# dekan
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛkan]

### Noun

dekan m inan
* (chemistry) decane (C$_{10}$H$_{22}$)

#### Coordinate terms

* metan m
* etan m
* propan m
* butan m
* pentan m
* hexan m
* heptan m
* oktan m
* nonan m
* undekan m
* dodekan m

### Further reading

* “dekan”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “dekan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

dekan
* dean (head of a faculty)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dekan
* (organic chemistry) Alternative spelling of decan

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

dekan
* accusative singular of deka

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Dutch decaan (“dean”), from Late Latin decānus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dekan/
* Hyphenation: dé‧kan

#### Noun

dékan (plural)
* dean:
** (education) A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty.
** (Christianity) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.

##### Related terms

* dekanat

### Etymology 2

From Malay dekan, from Semelai dkan, from Proto-Aslian *dəka(a)n, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Khasi dkhan (“hill rat, mole”), Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole").

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəkan/
* Hyphenation: dê‧kan

#### Noun

dêkan (plural dekan-dekan)
* large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis).

### Further reading

* “dekan” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology 1

From Dutch decaan (“dean”), from Late Latin decānus.

#### Noun

dekan (plural dekan-dekan, informal 1st possessive dekanku, 2nd possessive dekanmu, 3rd possessive dekannya)
* dean (of an academic institution)

### Etymology 2

From Semelai dkan, from Proto-Aslian *dəka(a)n, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁kan (“bamboo rat”). Compare Khasi dkhan (“hill rat, mole”), Muong cẳn (“bamboo rat”) and Khmu tkan ("mole").

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəkan/

#### Noun

dekan
* large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis).

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: dekan

### Further reading

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.kan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛkan
* Syllabification: de‧kan

### Noun

dekan m inan
* decane

#### Declension
### Further reading

* dekan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /děkaːn/
* Hyphenation: de‧kan

### Noun

dèkān m (Cyrillic spelling дѐка̄н)
* dean (of a university)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

dekan n
* (organic chemistry) decane

#### Declension
### Noun

dekan c
* dean; senior office in a university

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | dekan | dekans |
| singular | definite | dekanen | dekanens |
| plural | indefinite | dekaner | dekaners |
| plural | definite | dekanerna | dekanernas |

#### Synonyms

* (dean): dekanus

### Anagrams

* nekad

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Dekan (“dean”), from Medieval Latin decānus (“dean”). Doublet of duayen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de.kan/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dekan (definite accusative dekanı, plural dekanlar)
* A professor in charge of a faculty at a university; dean

#### Derived terms

* dekanlık

#### Related terms

* rektör
* profesör
* doktor
* doçent

### Further reading

* “dekan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu