یان

یان

See also: يان‎

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

Noun

یان (yan)

1. side

Descendants

• Uyghur: يان‎ (yan)

References

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) Dictionnaire turk-oriental‎ (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 536

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Kipchak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

Noun

یان (yan)

1. side

References

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 103
• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 21 (٢١) line 2

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Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یاڭ‎ (yañ)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yān (“side”).

Noun

یان • (yan)

1. side

Descendants

• Turkish: yan
• → Armenian: յան (yan)
• → Macedonian: јан (jan)

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Persian

Suffix

یان • (-yân)

1. A suffix forming the plural of a noun.

Usage notes

Used for singular nouns that end in ا‎ (alef).

Noun

یان • (yân)

1. (poetic) delusion

   Synonym: هذیان‎ (hazyân)

Suffix

یان • (-iyân)

1. A suffix found in Iranian and Armenian surnames
2. (humorous) a suffix forming surnames

   ‏اسکلیان‎

   Oskoliyân

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   • ‏شادابیان‎

     Šâdâbiyân

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