# cian
## Anyi
### Noun

cian
* day

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈan]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

cian m (uncountable)
* cyan

### See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | negre |
| roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
| verd llima | verd | |
| cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
| violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Persian جهان (“world”).

### Noun

cian
* universe, the world
    Synonym: dünya

#### Derived terms

* Birinci Cian cenki
* Ekinci Cian cenki

### References

* “cian”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sian]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ian
* Hyphenation: ci‧an

### Adjective

cian
* accusative singular of cia

## Irish
### Etymology

Old Irish cían, from Proto-Celtic *keinos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ciənˠ/

### Noun

cian f (genitive singular céine, nominative plural cianta)
* Length of time, age.
* Distance, distant place.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cian
cianta
vocative
a chian
a chianta
genitive
céine
cianta
dative
cian céin (in certain phrases)
cianta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chian
na cianta
genitive
na céine
na gcianta
dative
leis an gcian don chian
leis na cianta :

#### Derived terms

* cianda
* i gcéin
* ó chianaibh

### Noun

cian m (genitive singular cian)
* sadness, melancholy; longsomeness

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
cian
vocative
a chian
genitive
cian
dative
cian
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an cian
genitive
an chian
dative
leis an gcian don chian :

#### Derived terms

* cianach
* cianaí
* faoi chian

### Adjective

cian (genitive singular masculine céin, genitive singular feminine céin, plural ciana, comparative céin)
* long
* distant

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* cianrialaithe
* cianrialtán
* cianrialú
* cianrialúchán

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

### Noun

cian m (plural cians)
* dog

## Ligurian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃan/

### Adjective

cian
* flat, even

### Noun

cian
* plateau

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiː.ɑn/

### Noun

ċīan
* accusative/genitive/dative singular of ċīe
* nominative/accusative plural of ċīe

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cían (“far, distant”), from Proto-Celtic *kēnos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰʲian/

### Noun

cian m (dative singular cèin, genitive singular cèin)
* (rare) distance, remoteness
    ’S cian nan cian bho dh’fhàg mi Leòdhas ― It’s ages and ages since I left Lewis.

#### Usage notes

* Rarely used now, save for some standard phrases.

### Adjective

cian (comparative cèine)
* distant, remote

#### Derived terms

* cian-dhealbh
* cian-fhuaim

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cyan, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos, “dark blue”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθjan/ [ˈθjãn]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsjan/ [ˈsjãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: cian

### Adjective

cian (invariable)
* cyan

### Noun

cian m (uncountable)
* cyan

#### Related terms

* cian-
* cianosis

### See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text) :
| blanco | gris | negro |
| rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
| lima | verde | menta |
| cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |

### Further reading

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