ван

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van" and Appendix:Variations of "bah"

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠸᠠᠩ
(waŋ)
ван
(van)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠸᠠᠩ (waŋ), from Mandarin (wáng). Compare also Middle Mongol [script needed] (ong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waŋ̠/, [w̜äŋ̠]

Noun

ван • (van)

  1. king, prince
    вант улсvant ulskingdom

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • ван гүн (van gün)
  • ванлиг (vanlig)
  • вант (vant)
  • жүн ван (žün van)
  • төрийн жүн ван (töriin žün van)
  • хошой чин ван (xošoj čin van)
  • чин ван (čin van)

See also

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [van]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Chinese (wáng).

Noun

ван • (van) m anim (genitive ва́на, nominative plural ва́ны, genitive plural ва́нов)

  1. (historical) king (in Ancient China); prince (in the Chinese Empire)
Declension
Derived terms
  • ва́нский (vánskij)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vanr

Noun

ван • (van) m anim (genitive ва́на, nominative plural ва́ны, genitive plural ва́нов)

  1. (Norse mythology) one of the Vanir
    война́ а́сов и ва́новvojná ásov i vánovthe Æsir–Vanir War
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋân/

Conjunction

ва̏н (Latin spelling vȁn)

  1. except

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋân/

Preposition

ва̏н (Latin spelling vȁn) (+ genitive case)

  1. in front of, before
    ван кућеoutside, outdoors
  2. out of
    ван земљеabroad

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋâːn/
  • Rhymes: -âːn

Adverb

ва̑н (Latin spelling vȃn)

  1. out, outside, outdoors
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