bayan

From Russian бая́н (baján); named after the 11th-century bard Boyan.

• baian, bajan

Russian bayan

bayan (plural bayans)

1. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century.

• garmon

From Arabic بَيَان (bayān).

bayan (plural bayans)

1. (Islam) A lecture.

• banya

• IPA^(key): /báː.ján/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.jɛ́ŋ]

bāyan

1. behind, after

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajan/
• Rhymes: -jan, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: ba‧yan

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bayan (first-person possessive bayanku, second-person possessive bayanmu, third-person possessive bayannya)

1. parrot (kind of bird)

   Synonym: nuri

From Arabic بَيَان (bayān, “explanation”).

bayan

1. clear

   Synonyms: nyata, terang

• “bayan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bayan

1. old leaves

bayan

1. Romanization of ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ

Contraction of bahayan (“place of houses or buildings”), from bahay +‎ -an. Compare Kapampangan balen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbajan/, [ˈba.jɐn]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yan

bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. city

   Synonym: lungsod

2. downtown; commercial district
3. town; municipality

   Synonym: munisipyo

4. nation; state; country

   Synonym: bansa

5. motherland; native land

   Synonym: inang bayan

6. people; citizens; the public
7. (historical) city-state; polity
8. (botany) Memecylon ovatum

   Synonym: kulis

9. (obsolete) space between the ground and the sky
10. (obsolete) weather

    Synonyms: panahon, (obsolete) banwa

bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. (relational) folk; popular (usually in compounds)

• IPA^(key): /baˈjan/, [bɐˈjan]
• Hyphenation: ba‧yan

bayán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) day

   Synonym: araw

• “bayan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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bayan (definite accusative bayanı, plural bayanlar)

1. woman

   Synonym: kadın

Used as a title, the word is usually capitalized and followed by a person’s name, often her surname or full name (as in “Bayan Ayşe Demirel”). This is unlike the more traditional title hanım, which is used after a person’s name, most commonly just her given name (as in “Ayşe Hanım”).