zan
See also: Appendix:Variations of "zan"
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /san/
Particle
zan
- Only; merely; just; but.
- 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
- Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyca yn çã tepiton, ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della:
- Ca àmo ōnicàhuac, ca çan ihuiān ōnicnōnōtz, no le reñi, sino que le auisè mansamente.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Late 17C: annals of Puebla
- niman ticalaque metztli de septiembre auh niman oncan omononotzque onpualli ommatlactli caxtilteca yni san yehuantin quichihuasq̄ yn pantzin
Synonyms
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 41, 43, 535–536.
- Carochi, Horacio. (1645) Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los adverbios della, Juan Ruyz, ff. 109v–110r.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, pp. 345–346.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 30, 100–102, 217.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zan
Indonesian
Kamakan
Alternative forms
- sa (Kotoxo)
References
- Chestmir Loukotka, La família lingüística Kamakan del Brasil
Mandarin
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.
Middle High German
Alternative forms
- zant
Etymology
From Old High German zan, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.
Old High German
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ظن, from Arabic ظَنّ (ẓann).
References
- “zan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Zou
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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