taan

See also: tån and tään

English

Etymology

From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان‎‎.

Noun

taan (plural taans)

  1. (music) A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 147:
      Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taːn/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

taan f (uncountable)

  1. tan, liquid containing tannic acid used for tanning.

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

taan

  1. Genitive singular form of taka.

Anagrams

Noone

Noun

taan (plural táán)

  1. ash

References

Tetum

Noun

taan

  1. layer
  2. fold

Volapük

Etymology

From ta +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta.ˀan/

Noun

taan (plural taans)

  1. opponent, antagonist

Inflection
declension of taan
singular plural
nominative taan taans
genitive taana taanas
dative taane taanes
accusative taani taanis
vocative 1 o taan! o taans!
predicative 2 taanu taanus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Yucatec Maya

Noun

táan

  1. (anatomy) chest
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