# yan
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jæn/, /jɛn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æn, -ɛn

### Etymology 1

Along with ane and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the Old English ān. An example is "yan, twee, tree, fower" for "one, two, three, four".

#### Numeral

yan
* (Northumbria, Cumbria) One.

##### Derived terms

* yance or yence

##### References

* Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN, page 191
* Leith, Dick (1997) A Social History of English, Routledge, →ISBN, page 45

### Etymology 2

From Brythonic numerals, with influence from Old English ān or modern Northern English yan or English yen.

#### Numeral

yan
* (Cumbria) One in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.

##### Derived terms

* yan-a-bumfit
* yan-a-dick

##### See also

* (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

##### References

* Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 7
* Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number‎, Australian Council for Educational Research, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
* Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide‎, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

### Anagrams

* AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, any, any%, ayn, nay

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

from Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫум (śum), etc.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

yan (definite accusative yanı, plural yanlar)
* side
    Synonym: tərəf
* (anatomy) buttock

#### Derived terms

* hayan (“which side, where”)
* yanında (“next to”)
* yanına (“to”)
* yan-yana, yanbayan (“side by side”)
* yan baxmaq (“to look askance, look sideways”)
* yan almaq (“to dock”)

## Bambara
### Adverb

yan
* here

#### See also

* yen

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjan/ [ˈjan̪]

### Pronoun

'yan
* Nonstandard spelling of iyan.

## Chamorro
### Conjunction

yan
* and

#### Usage notes

Used to connect similar words or phrases. To indicate causation the alternate ya is used.

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* jan, yain, jain

### Etymology

From Latin annus.

### Noun

yan m
* year (Vegliot)

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From *giyan, compare Ibanag gian.

### Noun

yan
* place

## Mandarin
### Romanization

yan
* Nonstandard spelling of yān.
* Nonstandard spelling of yán.
* Nonstandard spelling of yǎn.
* Nonstandard spelling of yàn.

#### 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.

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Alternative forms

* yarn

### Etymology

From English yarn, from the expression spin a yarn.

### Verb

yan
* to talk
** (Can we date this quote?), Anthonia Ujene, “Khalai yan with plant”, in Storybooks African Languages‎:Khalai dey yan to flower wen surround her school. “Abeg oo flower, make grow strong oo so yeye person no go fit enter our school.”Khalai talks to the flowers around her school. “Please, flowers, grow strong so that no bad person can enter our school.”

## Northern Kurdish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑːn/

### Etymology 1

Confer Persian یا (yâ).

#### Alternative forms

* ya, yane, yanê

#### Conjunction

yan (Arabic spelling یان)
* or
    Synonym: (after a word ending in a consonant) an

##### Descendants

* → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܲܢ (yan)

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

yan (Arabic spelling یان)
* Alternative form of yenî (“that is to say”)

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “yan I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 428
* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “yan II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 428

## Old Javanese
### Conjunction

yan
* if

## Tagalog
### Pronoun

yan (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜈ᜔)
* Alternative spelling of 'yan

### Anagrams

* nay

## Tapirapé
### Noun

yan
* canoe

### References

* Antônio Almeida, A lingua Tapirapé. http://biblio.wdfiles.com/local--files/almeida-1983-tapirape/almeida_1983_tapirape.pdf

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یان (yan), from Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

#### Noun

yan (definite accusative yanı, plural yanlar)
* side
    Adam, eşyalarımın yanında oturuyordu.The man was sitting next to my belongings.

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
yan
yanlar
definite accusative
yanı
yanları
dative
yana
yanlara
locative
yanda
yanlarda
ablative
yandan
yanlardan
genitive
yanın
yanların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
yanım
yanlarım
2nd singular
yanın
yanların
3rd singular
yanı
yanları
1st plural
yanımız
yanlarımız
2nd plural
yanınız
yanlarınız
3rd plural
yanları
yanları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
yanımı
yanlarımı
2nd singular
yanını
yanlarını
3rd singular
yanını
yanlarını
1st plural
yanımızı
yanlarımızı
2nd plural
yanınızı
yanlarınızı
3rd plural
yanlarını
yanlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
yanıma
yanlarıma
2nd singular
yanına
yanlarına
3rd singular
yanına
yanlarına
1st plural
yanımıza
yanlarımıza
2nd plural
yanınıza
yanlarınıza
3rd plural
yanlarına
yanlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
yanımda
yanlarımda
2nd singular
yanında
yanlarında
3rd singular
yanında
yanlarında
1st plural
yanımızda
yanlarımızda
2nd plural
yanınızda
yanlarınızda
3rd plural
yanlarında
yanlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
yanımdan
yanlarımdan
2nd singular
yanından
yanlarından
3rd singular
yanından
yanlarından
1st plural
yanımızdan
yanlarımızdan
2nd plural
yanınızdan
yanlarınızdan
3rd plural
yanlarından
yanlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
yanımın
yanlarımın
2nd singular
yanının
yanlarının
3rd singular
yanının
yanlarının
1st plural
yanımızın
yanlarımızın
2nd plural
yanınızın
yanlarınızın
3rd plural
yanlarının
yanlarının :

##### Derived terms

* yandaş
* yanında
* yanlı

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

yan
* second-person singular imperative of yanmak

## Volapük
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin iānua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jan/

### Noun

yan (nominative plural yans)
* door

#### Declension

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

#### Derived terms

* leyan

#### Related terms

* yanul

## Western Maninkakan
### Adverb

yan
* here