شان
Central Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaːn/
Noun
شان (şan)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish شان (şān), from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn, “estimation, honor, dignity”).
Noun
شان • (şan) (definite accusative شانی (şanı), plural شانلر (şanlar))
- consideration, esteem, reputation, regard, standing, repute, the worth or estimation in which something or someone is held
- fame, glory, renown, celebrity, famosity, eminence, distinction, éclat, the state of being famous, succesful or talked-about
- dignity, honor, the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous, excellence of character
- display, pomp, parade, any ostentatious show of magnificence, especially of a variety of people or things paraded around
Derived terms
- شان دولت (şan-ı devlet, “State honor”)
- شان عسكری (şan-ı ʼaskerî, “military honor”)
- شان قزانمق (şan kazanmak, “to acquire fame”)
- شان ویرمك (şan vermek, “to make famous”)
- شانلو (şanlı, “famous, renowned”)
- شانندن اولمق (şanından olmak, “to be worthy of”)
- شاننه یاقشمق (şanına yakışmak, “to be worthy of one's dignity”)
- شانی (şanî, “pertaining to fame”)
- عالیشان (ʼâlişan, “high in dignity, illustrious”)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “şan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “شان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 134
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4426
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “şân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1171
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 716
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Conditio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 235
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “شان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2775
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1111
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَأْن (šaʔn).
Noun
شان • (śān) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਾਨ)
Urdu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɑːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
شان • (šān) m (Hindi spelling शान)