kalan
English
Etymology
From Russian кала́н (kalán).
Noun
kalan (plural kalans)
- (archaic) The sea otter.
Anagrams
- Aklan, Lanka
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian کلان (kalân).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [cɑˈɫɑn]
- Hyphenation: ka‧lan
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Determiner
kalan
- (Baku, Balakan) plenty, more than enough; lots of
- 2010 March 2, Musavat.com:
- Neft Fondunda hələ kalan pulumuz var.
- We still have plenty of money in the Oil Fund.
- Synonym: çox
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Adjective
kalan
- (colloquial) rich, wealthy, monied
- Synonyms: varlı, pullu
- (Lankaran) dull, stupid
- Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, tupoy
Further reading
- “kalan” in Obastan.com.
Bambara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka˨lãꜜã˨]
Noun
kalan
- study
- reading
Verb
kalan
- to study
- to read
Derived terms
- kalanbali
- kalanden
- kalanin
- kalanjɛ
- kalanni
- kalansen
- kalanso
- kalanyɔrɔ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kálã]
Verb
kalan
- to be warm
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Finnish
Noun
kalan
- genitive singular of kala
Anagrams
- lakan, lanka
Khoekhoe
Noun
kalan
- color
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- kalên
- калан – Cyrillic spelling
- քալան – Armenian spelling
Etymology
Cognate with synonymous Central Kurdish کالان (kalan), کێلان (kêlan), Zazaki kalanî, Hawrami [script needed] (kêlane).
Ačaṙyan derives from Armenian կալան (kalan).[1][2] But according to Schwartz, from Old Iranian *kārta-dāna- (literally “knife-place”).[3]
Noun
kalan ?[4][5]
- sheath, scabbard
- 1857, Stepan, an Armenian employee of the American Bible Society (translator), The Gospels in Kurdish in Armenian characters, John 18:11, Constantinople, page 383:
- Շուրա խօ տիսա լը քալան տէյնը.
- Put up thy sword into the sheath
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References
- Adjarian, H. (1909–1911), “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 358a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 485a
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “kalan”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 295
- Kurdojev, K. K. (1960), “kalan”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 418b
- Orbeli, I. A. (2002), “kalan”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2) (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 99a
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- calan – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Ultimately from Malay keran.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧lán
- IPA(key): /kaˈlan/, [kɐˈlan]
Noun
kalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)
- stove
- Synonyms: lutuan, pugon, estupa
Further reading
- “kalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tetum
Etymology
From *kalam, akin to Ngaju alem.
Noun
kalan
- night