"Gan" meaning in English

See Gan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|贛|Gàn|Jiangxi; Gan (language)}} 贛/赣 (Gàn, “Jiangxi; Gan (language)”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gan
  1. One of the major divisions of the Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province Categories (topical): Languages Translations (one of Sinitic languages): ⁧كَن⁩ (kan) [masculine] (Arabic), 贛語 [Min-Dong] (Chinese), 赣语 (Gáng-ngṳ̄) [Min-Dong] (Chinese), 贛語 (Chinese Cantonese), 赣语 (gam³ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 江西話 (Chinese Cantonese), 江西话 (gong¹ sai¹ waa²) (Chinese Cantonese), 贛語 (Chinese Mandarin), 赣语 (gànyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 江西話 (Chinese Mandarin), 江西话 (jiāngxīhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), gan-kiina (Finnish), gan [masculine] (French), 江西話 (Gan Chinese), 江西话 (kong si ua) (Gan Chinese), Gan [neuter] (German), 贛語 (Hakka Chinese), 赣语 (Kàm-ngî) (Hakka Chinese), カン語 (kango) (Japanese), 贛語 (kango) (alt: かんご) (Japanese), 간어 (ganeo) (Korean), 贛語 (Min Nan Chinese), 赣语 (Kàm-gí / Kàm-gú) (Min Nan Chinese), гань (ganʹ) [masculine] (Russian), цзянси́йский (czjansíjskij) (alt: диале́кт, язы́к) [masculine] (Russian), tiếng Cám (Vietnamese), Cám ngữ (Vietnamese), 贛語 (Wu Chinese), 赣语 (²koe-nyy) (Wu Chinese)
    Sense id: en-Gan-en-name-wtHqlCEs Disambiguation of Languages: 52 48 Categories (other): Min Dong terms with redundant transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Gan
  1. Alternative form of Ngen (“dialect of the Beng language”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Ngen (extra: dialect of the Beng language) Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Gan-en-name--uUazCak Disambiguation of Languages: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Gan meaning in English (5.2kB)

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