adan

adan

1. romanization of ᬳᬤᬦ᭄

adan

1. accusative singular of ada

adan (plural adan-adan)

1. azan
2. Eden

adan f pl

1. plural of ad (“hat”)

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adan m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴷⴰⵏ, usually uncountable)

1. intestine, gut

   Synonym: bururu

• adan n tmurt (“worm”)

Cognate with Itsekiri adán, Nupe èdán, Olukumi adan, Ayere àdã, Ifè àdán, Arigidi ada, possibly cognate with Igala ìdọ́, Urhobo adján, Idoma ùdọ́.

• IPA^(key): /à.dã́/

àdán

1. bat, usually (in particular) the straw-colored fruit bat

   onílé etídò níí gbọ́ ìrànrán àdán ― The owner of the riverside house is the one who hears the restlessness of the bat (Yoruba incantation)

(specific species of small bat)

• òòdẹ̀, ọ̀dị̀dẹ̀, òòbẹ̀
• òòṣẹ̀, òṣìṣẹ̀
• alásẹ̀ẹ́