# ayan
## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧yan

### Noun

ayan
* a stone or coin used as marker in games like hopscotch
* a stone or coin used as a shooter in a game of taksi or igoigo
* the taw or shooter; the marble used to shoot ducks with in a game of marbles
* the slammer used in a game of Pogs
* the main card used in a game of apirapir; the trading card used during the execution of slapping of hands so as not to crumple or risk damaging the rest of the player's cards
* the slipper or sandal or rock used as a shooter in bato-lata

## Iban
### Verb

ayan
* appear

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈajan/ [ˈa.jan]
* Rhymes: -ajan
* Syllabification: a‧yan

### Etymology 1

From Javanese [Term?], from Old Javanese [Term?].

#### Noun

ayan (plural ayan-ayan)
* epilepsy
    Synonym: epilepsi

#### Verb

ayan
* to seizure (to undergo an epileptic seizure)

### Etymology 2

From Malay ayan, from Hokkien 亞鉛 / 亚铅 (a-iân), from Japanese 亜鉛 (aen).

#### Noun

ayan (plural ayan-ayan) (dialectal)
* tin
    Synonym: timah
* zinc
    Synonym: seng
* white iron
    Synonym: besi putih

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

ayan (plural ayan-ayan)
* (obsolete) a place to wash hands in the form of a cup or bowl

### Further reading

* “ayan” 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

From Hokkien 亞鉛 / 亚铅 (a-iân), from Japanese 亜鉛 (aen).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ajan/
* Rhymes: -ajan, -jan, -an

### Noun

ayan (Jawi spelling ايان, plural ayan-ayan, informal 1st possessive ayanku, 2nd possessive ayanmu, 3rd possessive ayannya)
* zinc (element)

#### Synonyms

* timah sari / تيمه ساري
* zink / زيڠک

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈjan/ [ʔɐˈjan̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: a‧yan

### Interjection

ayán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜈ᜔)
* Alternative form of hayan: there! there it is! (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

#### See also

| | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) | Locative (nasa) | Existential | Manner (gaya ng) |
| Near speaker* | ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari** | nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari$^†$ | dini/dine | nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari | ere/eri, here/heri, ayri | ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari$^†$ |
| Near speaker and listener* | ito | nito | dito | nandito, narito, naito** | heto, eto, ayto$^†$ | ganito, garito(garto)** |
| Near listener | iyan, yaan | niyan | diyan/diyaan | nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan$^‡$ | hayan, ayan | ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan** |
| Remote | iyon, yoon, yaon$^†$ | niyon, noon, niyaon$^†$ | doon | nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon$^‡$ | hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun | ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon$^‡$,garoon$^‡$ |
| *These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. $^†$These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. $^‡$Rare in text. |||||||

### Anagrams

* anay

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عیان (ayân), from Arabic عِيَان (ʕiyān).

### Adjective

ayan
* evident, clear