"Ban" meaning in All languages combined

See Ban on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Bans [plural]
Etymology: * As a Hungarian surname, from Bán. * As a Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian surname, from bán (“governor”), probably related to Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”). * As a Slovene, reduced from Urban. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bann. * As a Japanese surname, from 坂 (Ban). * As a Korean surname, spelling variant of Pan. * As a Chinese surname, from 班 (Bān). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hu|-}} Hungarian, {{der|en|hu|-}} Hungarian, {{der|en|sh|-}} Serbo-Croatian, {{der|en|av|баян|t=rich man}} Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”), {{der|en|sl|-}} Slovene, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{der|en|ko|-}} Korean, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Ban (plural Bans)
  1. A surname.

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} Ban, {{ja-rom}} Ban
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ばん

Proper name [Romanian]

Audio: LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Ban.wav Forms: lui Ban [dative, genitive]
Etymology: From ban. Head templates: {{head|ro|proper noun|genitive/dative|lui Ban|||||||||||g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} Ban m (genitive/dative lui Ban), {{ro-name|m}} Ban m (genitive/dative lui Ban)
  1. a surname Tags: masculine

Proper name [Serbo-Croatian]

IPA: /bâːn/ Forms: Bȃn [animate, canonical, masculine], Ба̑н [Cyrillic]
Etymology: From bȃn.
  1. a surname

Inflected forms

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