یان

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

یان (yan)

1. side

• Uyghur: يان (yan)

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “یان”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎ (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 536

یان (yâan) (definite accusative یانؽ, plural یانلار)

1. Arabic spelling of yâan (“side”)

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

یان (yan)

1. side

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 103
• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 21 (٢١) line 2

• یاڭ (yañ)

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

یان • (yan)

1. side

• Turkish: yan
• → Armenian: յան (yan)
• → Macedonian: јан (jan)

یان • (-yân)

1. A suffix forming the plural of a noun.

Used for singular nouns that end in ا (alef).

یان • (yân)

1. (poetic) delusion

   Synonym: هذیان (hazyân)

The etymology is the same as the plural-forming suffix ـان. In the case of Armenian surnames, a transcription of Armenian -յան (-yan).

یان • (-iyân)

1. A suffix found in Iranian and Armenian surnames
2. (humorous) a suffix forming surnames

   اسکلیان

   oskoliyân

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   • شادابیان

     šâdâbiyân

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