Mon
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mon"
English
Etymology 1
Noun
Mon (plural Mons)
- Abbreviation of Monday.
Translations
Monday
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Etymology 2
Noun
Mon (plural Mons or Mon)
- A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
the people
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Proper noun
Mon
- The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.
Translations
the language
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Further reading
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Mon terms
- Ethnologue entry for Mon, mnw
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Mon
- A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
- 2009, Paulo Quaglio, Television Dialogue: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation, page 19:
- Phoebe: Oh, hey, Mon, do you still have your like... old blouses and dresses from high school? Monica: Yeah, I think I have some around here somewhere. Why?
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mon f
- a diminutive of the female given name Montserrat
Faroese
Etymology
Proper noun
Mon f
- Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
Declension
singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Mon |
accusative | Mon |
dative | Mon |
genitive | Manar |
Related terms
Kamkata-viri
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit महादेव (mahādevá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmon/
Proper noun
Mon (Eastern Kata-viri)
References
- Jakob Halfmann (2023) Nuristani Theonyms in Light of Historical Phonology, in Roots of Peristan, Rome, Italy, page 328
Plautdietsch
Noun
Mon f (plural Monen)
Derived terms
- Monenschien
- Monvedunklen
- Haulfmon
- Vollmon
See also
Further reading
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann. Cognates include West Frisian man and German Mann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔn/
- Hyphenation: Mon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
Mon m (plural Monljude)
- man
- husband
- 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
- Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
- Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).
- human being
Derived terms
Related terms
- man (“one, they”)
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Mon”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Walloon
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃/
Proper noun
Mon
- a male given name