# taan
## English
### Etymology

From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).

### Noun

taan (plural taans)
* (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
** 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 147:Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

### Anagrams

* naat, anta, Nata, NAAT, AANT, anat., ANTA, Anat, Tana, tana

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈta.ʔan̪]
* Hyphenation: ta‧an

### Noun

táan (Basahan spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)
* bait; decoy
    Synonym: paon

#### Derived terms

* magtaan
* taanan

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

taan f (uncountable)
* tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning

#### Derived terms

* tanen
* tanig

## Finnish
### Noun

taan
* genitive singular of taka

### Anagrams

* -ntaa, nata

## Noone
### Noun

taan (plural táán)
* ash

### References

* R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

## Nyunga
### Verb

taan
* to pierce, to penetrate, to make an opening

### References

* 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back; to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of tahan.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪], /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪]
* Rhymes: -aʔan, -an
* Syllabification: ta‧an

#### Noun

taan or taán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔)
* reserve (for future use)
    Synonyms: laan, reserba
* act of reserving (for future use)
    Synonyms: pagtataan, paglalaan, pagrereserba

##### Derived terms

* itaan
* magpataan
* magtaan
* nakataan
* pagtataan
* pataan
* pataanan
* taanan
* tumaan

##### See also

* gahin

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap; to set a snare”). Compare Cebuano taon and Malay tahan.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈʔan/ [t̪ɐˈʔan̪], /ˈtaʔan/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔɐn̪]
* Rhymes: -an, -aʔan
* Syllabification: ta‧an

#### Noun

taán or taan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜀᜈ᜔) (fishing)
* a type of fish trap made of a barricade of stones and split bamboo (for catching fish in coral reefs)
* long lines for inland water fishing
    Synonym: kitang
* act of setting up such a fish trap
    Synonym: pagtataan

##### Derived terms

* pagtataan
* taanan

### Further reading

* “taan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqan₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* anta

## Tetum
### Noun

taan
* layer
* fold

## Volapük
### Etymology

From ta +‎ -an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.ˀan/

### Noun

taan (nominative plural taans)
* opponent, antagonist

#### Inflection

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Yucatec Maya
### Noun

táan
* (anatomy) chest