shan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Origin obscureCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#SHAN. Perhaps from shand (“worthless”). Alternatively, perhaps of RomaniCategory:English terms derived from Romani#SHANCategory:English undefined derivations#SHAN origin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
shan (comparative more shan, superlative most shan)Category:English lemmas#SHANCategory:English adjectives#SHANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
- (GeordieCategory:Geordie#SHAN, Edinburgh) unfair, harsh
- Here man! that's pure shan that likeCategory:English terms with usage examples#SHAN
- (ScotlandCategory:Scottish English#SHAN, HartlepoolCategory:Teesside English#SHAN) poor, low-quality
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- The template Template:R:North East Dialect does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:R:North East Dialect#SHANBill Griffiths, editor (2004), “shan”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Achang
Pronunciation
- (Myanmar) /ʃan˧/
Verb
shanCategory:Achang lemmas#SHANCategory:Achang verbs#SHANCategory:Achang entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from English#SHANCategory:Finnish terms derived from English#SHAN Shan, from BurmeseCategory:Finnish terms derived from Burmese#SHAN ရှမ်း (hram:).
Pronunciation
Noun
shanCategory:Finnish lemmas#SHANCategory:Finnish nouns#SHANCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
- Shan (language spoken in eastern Burma in an area bordering China, Laos and Thailand)
- Shan (person belonging to the ethnic minority that speaks the language)
Declension
| Inflection of shan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | shan | shanit | |
| genitive | shanin | shanien | |
| partitive | shania | shaneja | |
| illative | shaniin | shaneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | shan | shanit | |
| accusative | nom. | shan | shanit |
| gen. | shanin | ||
| genitive | shanin | shanien | |
| partitive | shania | shaneja | |
| inessive | shanissa | shaneissa | |
| elative | shanista | shaneista | |
| illative | shaniin | shaneihin | |
| adessive | shanilla | shaneilla | |
| ablative | shanilta | shaneilta | |
| allative | shanille | shaneille | |
| essive | shanina | shaneina | |
| translative | shaniksi | shaneiksi | |
| abessive | shanitta | shaneitta | |
| instructive | — | shanein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- shan-kansa (the Shan people)
Japanese
Romanization
shanCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#SHANCategory:Japanese romanizations#SHANCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#SHANCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
Mandarin
Romanization
shanCategory:Hanyu Pinyin#SHAN0Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms#SHAN0Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes#SHAN0Category:Mandarin entries with incorrect language header#SHAN0Category:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
- nonstandard spelling of shānCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#SHAN0
- nonstandard spelling of shánCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#SHAN0
- nonstandard spelling of shǎnCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#SHAN0
- nonstandard spelling of shànCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#SHAN0
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.
Oromo
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : shan Ordinal : shanaffaa | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-CushiticCategory:Oromo terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic#SHANCategory:Oromo terms derived from Proto-Cushitic#SHAN *kʷan- (“five”). Compare Afar konoy, Saho koon, Somali shan.
Pronunciation
Numeral
shanCategory:Oromo lemmas#SHANCategory:Oromo numerals#SHANCategory:Oromo entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Cant, possibly originally from Scottish GaelicCategory:Scots terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic#SHANCategory:Scots terms derived from Scottish Gaelic#SHAN sean (“old”).
Adjective
shan (comparative shanner, superlative shannest)Category:Scots lemmas#SHANCategory:Scots adjectives#SHANCategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
Related terms
Somali
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : shan Ordinal : shanaad | ||
Etymology
From Proto-SomaloidCategory:Somali terms inherited from Proto-Somaloid#SHANCategory:Somali terms derived from Proto-Somaloid#SHAN *cán, from earlier *keni, from Proto-Lowland East Cushitic *koní, from Proto-CushiticCategory:Somali terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic#SHANCategory:Somali terms derived from Proto-Cushitic#SHAN *kʷan- (“five”).
Cognate with Maay shan, Aweer shan, Rendille chan, Jiiddu shan, Baiso ken, Arbore chenn, Daasanach cen, El Molo ken, Oromo shan, Borana shani, Konso ken, Dirasha henCategory:Dirasha terms in nonstandard scripts#SHAN, Saho koon, Afar konoy, Iraqw koo'án, Kw'adza koaneCategory:Kw'adza terms in nonstandard scripts#SHAN, Blin ankwa, Awngi ኣንኳ (ankwa), Qimant ኣንኳ (ankwa)Category:Qimant terms in nonstandard scripts#SHAN, Xamtanga ኣኳ (akwa).
Pronunciation
Numeral
shán fCategory:Somali lemmas#SHANCategory:Somali numerals#SHANCategory:Somali entries with incorrect language header#SHANCategory:Pages with entries#SHANCategory:Pages with 8 entries#SHAN
References
- “shan”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012