angan
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- anganu, ngan, nganu, ngãnescu, nginescu
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannō (“I trick, deceive, mock, ridicule”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin *ganno or ganniō. Compare Romanian îngâna, îngân (“imitate, mimic, parody; delude oneself, mix up”). The semantics of this verb have shifted far from the original meaning in Latin, and also further than in Daco-Romanian, where the primary sense is to imitate or mimic; presumably from Proto-Romanian, the it shifted to the specific sense of calling an animal within Aromanian.
Verb
angan (past participle angãnatã)
- I call (an animal).
Related terms
- angãnari / angãnare
- angãnat
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈauŋkan/
Noun
angan f (genitive singular anganar, no plural)
- pleasant scent, aroma
Declension
| f-s2 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | angan | anganin |
| accusative | angan | anganina |
| dative | angan | anganinni |
| genitive | anganar | anganarinnar |
Synonyms
- (pleasant scent): ilmur
Related terms
- anga (“to smell pleasant”)
- angandi (“pleasant-smelling”)
Indonesian
Noun
angan (plural angan-angan, first-person possessive anganku, second-person possessive anganmu, third-person possessive angannya)
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Malay
Noun
angan (plural angan-angan, informal 1st possessive anganku, 2nd possessive anganmu, 3rd possessive angannya)
- wishful thinking; daydreaming
Further reading
- “angan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle Low German
Etymology
From an- + gan.
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA(key): /anɣɒːn/
Verb
angân
- to approach
Old Norse
Etymology
From anga (“to emit odour or fragrance”) + -an.
Noun
angan f (genitive anganar, plural anganir)
- sweet odour
- angan Friggjar
- the love of Frigg
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | angan | anganin | anganir | anganirnar |
| accusative | angan | anganina | anganir | anganirnar |
| dative | angan | anganinni | ǫngunum | ǫngununum |
| genitive | anganar | anganarinnar | angana | angananna |
Related terms
- ang
- angi
References
- “angan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press