"barchan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈkɑːn/, /bɑː(ɹ)ˈxɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barchan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: barchans [plural]
Etymology: From Russian барха́н (barxán), from Kazakh барқан (barqan). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|барха́н}} Russian барха́н (barxán), {{der|en|kk|барқан}} Kazakh барқан (barqan) Head templates: {{en-noun}} barchan (plural barchans)
  1. An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand. Wikipedia link: barchan Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: barchane, barkan, barkhan Translations (arc-shaped sand ridge): كَثِيب (kaṯīb) [masculine] (Arabic), كَثِيب هِلَالِيّ (kaṯīb hilāliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), barxan (Azerbaijani), барха́н (barxán) [masculine] (Belarusian), барха́н (barhán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 新月形沙丘 (xīnyuè xíng shāqiū) (Chinese Mandarin), barhaan (Estonian), kaaridyyni (Finnish), barkhane [feminine] (French), ბარხანი (barxani) (Georgian), バルハン (baruhan) (Japanese), барқан (barqan) (Kazakh), дөң (döñ) (Kazakh), 바르한 (bareuhan) (Korean), бархан (barhan) (Kyrgyz), манх (manx) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), برخان (barxân) (Persian), barchan [masculine] (Polish), барха́н (barxán) [masculine] (Russian), barkan (Turkish), барха́н (barxán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), barxan (Uzbek)

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈbar.xan/
Rhymes: -arxan Etymology: Inherited from Old Polish barchan, from Old High German barchan, from Arabic بركان. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|zlw-opl|barchan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Polish barchan, {{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|barchan}} Inherited from Old Polish barchan, {{der|pl|goh|barchan}} Old High German barchan, {{der|pl|ar|بركان}} Arabic بركان Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} barchan m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], barchan [nominative, singular], barchany [nominative, plural], barchanu [genitive, singular], barchanów [genitive, plural], barchanowi [dative, singular], barchanom [dative, plural], barchan [accusative, singular], barchany [accusative, plural], barchanem [instrumental, singular], barchanami [instrumental, plural], barchanie [locative, singular], barchanach [locative, plural], barchanie [singular, vocative], barchany [plural, vocative]
  1. fustian Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Fabrics Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-barchan-pl-noun-1rp-qh4L Disambiguation of Fabrics: 98 2 Disambiguation of Landforms: 83 17 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 96 4 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 97 3 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barchanowy
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈbar.xan/
Rhymes: -arxan Etymology: Borrowed from Kazakh барқан (barqan) or from Turkmen. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pl|kk|барқан|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Kazakh барқан (barqan), {{bor+|pl|kk|барқан}} Borrowed from Kazakh барқан (barqan), {{bor|pl|tk|-}} Turkmen Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} barchan m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], barchan [nominative, singular], barchany [nominative, plural], barchanu [genitive, singular], barchanów [genitive, plural], barchanowi [dative, singular], barchanom [dative, plural], barchan [accusative, singular], barchany [accusative, plural], barchanem [instrumental, singular], barchanami [instrumental, plural], barchanie [locative, singular], barchanach [locative, plural], barchanie [singular, vocative], barchany [plural, vocative]
  1. barchan Tags: inanimate, masculine
    Sense id: en-barchan-pl-noun-w6npmKNA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barchanowy
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "新月形沙丘"
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      "word": "kaaridyyni"
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      "word": "バルハン"
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}

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