چان

• جان (jān /⁠čān⁠/)

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Doublet of كان (kān).

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːn/

چان • (čān)

1. (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)

   رحت المحاضرة متأخر چان الدكتورة تزفني

   I went to the lecture late and hence the professor scolded me

2. used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)

   -شسويتي بالامتحان؟
   -زفّت
   -چان ييتي درستي معانا بالمكتبة

   -What (how) did you do in the test?
   -I screwed up
   -Why didn't you come study with us in the library

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaːn/

چان (čān)

1. (past events only) hence, then, afterward, after that (+imperfect verb)
2. used to provide a suggestion pertaining to something that hapened in the past (+perfect verb), roughly: why didn't, could have (had), should have (had)

چان (čān) I (non-past يصير (yṣīr))

1. to be

چان (çân) (definite accusative چانؽ, plural چانلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çân (“a kind of threshing machine”)