ajan

ajan

1. first-person singular present indicative of ajama

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑ̝jɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑn
• Syllabification^(key): a‧jan
• Hyphenation^(key): ajan

ajan

1. genitive/accusative singular of aika

ajan [with genitive]

1. for, during, throughout (a period of time)

   kahden vuoden ajan ― for two years

   Liike oli niitä harvoja, jotka pystyivät olemaan auki sodan ajan.

   The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.

   Seuraavien kahden vuoden ajan sinä olet Mongolian lähetystömme päällikkö.

   For the next two years you will be the head of our Mongolian embassy.

   Asuin 1970-luvun (ajan) vanhempieni luona.

   I lived with my parents during the 1970s.

• ajan indicates that a situation or activity continued or continues during the whole of a specified length of time. To refer to an unspecified period of time or to an event that happened or happens during a specified period but at an unspecified moment, aikana may be used.
• This construction may be replaced with the accusative case if the definition of time period is exact in itself.

ajan

1. first-person singular present indicative of ajaa

   Minä ajan.

   I (will) drive.

• Anja, jaan, jana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑn
• Hyphenation: a‧jan

ajan

1. genitive singular of aika

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑn/, [ˈɑjɑn]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑn
• Hyphenation: a‧jan

ajan

1. first-person singular indicative present of aijaa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura

ajan

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of aver

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxan/ [ˈa.xãn]
• Rhymes: -axan
• Syllabification: a‧jan

ajan

1. inflection of agir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative
2. third-person plural present indicative of ajar

From Ottoman Turkish آژان (ajan), from French agent. Doublet of acente.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ʒɑn/
• Hyphenation: a‧jan

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ajan (definite accusative ajanı, plural ajanlar)

1. agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)
2. spy

   Synonym: çaşıt

• acente (from Italian)

ajan

1. green corn