talán

See also: talan and -talan

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from találom (“I think, I believe”, literally “I find it [to be in some way]”), the first-person present tense form of the verb talál (“to find”).[1] Compare hiszen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒlaːn]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lán
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adverb

talán

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: esetleg, tán

Derived terms
Compound words

References
  1. Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

Further reading
  • talán in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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