baan

See also: ban, Baan, and baañ

Afar

Etymology

Probably related to baad (world).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːn/, [ˈbaːn]
  • Hyphenation: baan

Noun

báan m 

  1. universe

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch *bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic *banō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: baan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

baan f (plural banen, diminutive baantje n)

  1. a road, way, path
    Ik zit al acht uur op de baan.
    I've sat on the road for eight hours already.
  2. a track, lane
  3. a job, professional occupation
    Synonym: (chiefly Belgium) job
    Ik heb een nieuwe baan.
    I've got a new job.
  4. orbit (path of one object around another)
  5. (computing) a job (task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode)
  6. (sports, ball games) court, field (place for playing sports or games, in particular non-team ball games)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: baan
  • Indonesian: ban

Verb

baan

  1. inflection of banen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Dyula

Noun

baan

  1. raffia, raphia, Raphia sudanica

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːn/

Noun

baan

  1. mistletoe

References

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English born.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːn/

Verb

baan

  1. born
    • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 1:
      Evribadi baan frii an iikwal wid rispek fi demself an wid raits.
      All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Further reading

  • baan at JamaicanPatwah.com
  • baan at majstro.com

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Maranao baqan.

Verb

baan

  1. to sneeze

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baan n

  1. obsolete typography of bån

Anagrams

Yucatec Maya

Verb

baan (transitive)

  1. to get down, to bring down fruits froms a tree
  2. to fall down
  3. to remove, to detach, to release
  4. to scatter, to spread

Inflection

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