angan

See also: ångan and aŋan

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)

  1. I call (an animal).
  • angãnari / angãnare
  • angãnat

Verb

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈauŋkan/

Noun

angan f (genitive singular anganar, no plural)

  1. pleasant scent, aroma

Declension
declension of angan
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative angan anganin
accusative angan anganina
dative angan anganinni
genitive anganar anganarinnar

Synonyms
  • anga (“to smell pleasant”)
  • angandi (“pleasant-smelling”)

Middle Low German

Etymology

From an- +‎ gan.

Pronunciation
  • (originally) IPA(key): /anɣɒːn/

Verb

angân

  1. to approach

Old Norse

Etymology

From anga (“to emit odour or fragrance”) +‎ -an.

Noun

angan f (genitive anganar, plural anganir)

  1. sweet odour
    angan Friggjar
    the love of Frigg

Declension
  Declension of angan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative angan anganin anganir anganirnar
accusative angan anganina anganir anganirnar
dative angan anganinni anganum anganunum
genitive anganar anganarinnar angana angananna

References
  • angan in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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